Re: Upstream bandwidth usage

[Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>]

On 6/10/22 10:09, Dave Bell wrote:

> We are rolling out XGS-PON everywhere which is 10G symmetric. Just 
> because the PON runs at 10G, doesn't mean you need to provision all of 
> your customers at 10G.
>
> We have a range of residential packages from 150Mbps up to 1Gbps 
> symmetric. The ONT is the same in all situations. There is no SFP 
> cost, due to it being a copper port. If we were to offer residential 
> packages beyond 1G, a CPE swap would be required, but there is little 
> demand for that... yet...

Indeed - XG-PON does not mean you have to deliver 10Gbps to customers. 
It just makes it easier to offer higher bandwidth that is symmetrical, 
at what-should-be a lower cost than Active-E, for more customers at the 
same time.

Mark.