Re: [nznog] nzwrt redux?

A couple notes: People are complaining about the pricepoint for the turris omnis. *with sales volume* that pricepoint decreases. Also, my thought was it would go out "bare" for the basic gpon connection, no wifi cards, case with a customized label... Secondly, merely proving out/building a box that CAN do gpon well does not go "oh god optics" - it establishes what can be done with validated hardware and software and makes room for cost-reductions to follow. What would it take to tackle the latter? Dave Täht Let's go make home routers and wifi faster! With better software! https://www.gofundme.com/savewifi On Thu, Nov 19, 2015 at 8:14 AM, Jed Laundry wrote:

Hi Daniel, Davey, Ray, Tristram,

On 19 November 2015 at 13:04, Tristram Cheer wrote:

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Under the current UFB structure there is no scope for RSP supplied or end user supplied pluggable optics

That's not true - we've come *very* close to having naked/glass BS4 connections, but we've yet to actually install one, because every time it's Really Happening, it's "argh optics, too hard need service tomorrow, give me copper plzkthxbai".

On 19 November 2015 at 17:18, Davey Goode wrote:

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Alu do an ont on a sfp, I was talking to some chorus people a year + back about them Would be awesome if they released them especially for business connections

Optic compatibility & scale of deployment are also two of the reasons why we haven't pursued SFP ONTs - because then if I supply the optic, you have to make it work in your kit; and then when it doesn't work we argue until all the beer money has been spent on test equipment and lab time. If we can't get it working with simple Ethernet, what hope do we have with GPON?

Note: opinions are my own, etc etc.

Thanks, Jed.