[c-nsp] OT: Allied Telesis FTTx users

[Justin Shore]

Thanks for the info.  We're only aware of one other area SP that uses 
Allied FTTx equipment.  I'm aware of many that use other vendors though. 
  I like some of what Allied has to offer but their lack of GigE active 
Enet to the home is a huge limiting factor for us.  That makes the life 
of the product significantly shorter than the GigE offerings from other 
vendors (at least one of which came in much cheaper than Allied's RFP 
response).  Lead time would be a problem for us as well.  We need to 
take possession of the equipment before the end of the year.  I do like 
how their uplinks interfaces are modular as well as modular guts in 
their NIDs.   The lack of support for a few important features we need 
is a limiting factor though.

Thanks for the info,
  Justin


Brad Henshaw wrote:
> Justin,
> 
> We've only dealt with AT's fibre converters and low-end L2 switches in 
> the past. Found the converters to be great and the switches ok. (they 
> were cheapies, for an implementation where that was a requirement.)
> 
> The biggest issue we've had with AT in Australia is having them meet 
> equipment lead times. In a number of instances, equipment we've ordered 
> with an expected 2-4 week lead time has blown out to months and it took 
> significant prodding by the distributor we were buying from to get their 
> hands on the gear at all.
> 
> Haven't dealt with any failures of kit so can't comment on the support. 
> Personally I'd look at which solutions, AT or otherwise are proven in 
> the field and have a track record of reliability. (which I guess is what 
> you're asking here.) If there's no record of reliability I'd lean toward 
> an alternative solution.
> 
> For last mile fibre rollouts where cost needs to be kept low, we've been 
> happy with the RAD ETX units - even if the interface is pretty clunky to 
> use.