Municipal FTTH DeployMenT SnapSHoT city of Sallisaw, oklahoma
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MUNICIPAL FTTH DEPLOYMENT SNAPSHOT 26 | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | www.broadbandproperties.com | JULY 2008 BACKGROUND: Provider name: DiamondNet Public entity owning the provider: Sallisaw Municipal Authority FTTH service area: City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma Number of households/ number of businesses in current/planned FTTH service area: Approximately 3,000 households and 100 to 150 businesses Number of FTTH subscribers: Approximately 1,500 households and 50 businesses Community broadband other than fiber (cable, DSL, wireless, etc.): None Incumbent telco/MSO, and their broadband offerings: AT&T offers DSL and telephone service; Suddenlink offers triple play FTTH NETWORK PROFILE: Miles of fiber backbone: All of the fiber radiates out of the CO; there are 14 Wave7 Last Mile Cores (OLTs) in the field fed by three fibers out of the network operating center, and all other cores are located in the CO Miles of fiber access infrastructure: Approximately 100 Network architecture: EPON City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma DiamondNet is month we introduce a new Broadband Properties feature: the municipal fiber deployment snapshot. With the number of municipal deployments on the rise, we thought it would be useful for cities currently in the planning stages to learn the details of what’s involved in deploying and operating a FTTH system. Our thanks to Brad Cameron, network technician at DiamondNet in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, for taking the time to answer our questions, and also to Danny Keith, DiamondNet’s network operations manager. Quotes on the next page are from Cameron. You can learn more about DiamondNet at www.diamondnetok.com. - BBP Editors
Transcript of Municipal FTTH DeployMenT SnapSHoT city of Sallisaw, oklahoma
Municipal FTTH DeployMenT SnapSHoT
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Background:Provider name:
DiamondNetPublic entity owning
the provider: Sallisaw Municipal Authority
FTTH service area: City of Sallisaw, Oklahoma
number of households/number of businesses in current/planned FTTH service area: Approximately 3,000 households and 100 to 150 businesses
number of FTTH subscribers: Approximately 1,500 households and 50 businesses
community broadband other than fiber (cable, dSL, wireless, etc.): None
Inc umbent telco/MSo, and their broadband offerings: AT&T offers DSL and telephone service; Suddenlink offers triple play
FTTH neTwork ProFILe:Mil es of fiber backbone:
All of the fiber radiates out of the CO; there are 14 Wave7 Last Mile Cores (OLTs) in the field fed by three fibers out of the network operating center, and all other cores are located in the CO
Miles of fiber access infrastructure: Approximately 100network architecture: EPON
city of Sallisaw, oklahoma Diamondnet
This month we introduce a new Broadband Properties feature: the municipal fiber deployment snapshot. With the number of municipal deployments on the rise, we thought it would be useful for cities currently in the planning stages to learn the details of what’s involved in deploying and operating a FTTH system.
Our thanks to Brad Cameron, network technician at DiamondNet in Sallisaw, Oklahoma, for taking the time to answer our questions, and also to Danny Keith, DiamondNet’s network operations manager. Quotes on the next page are from Cameron. You can learn more about DiamondNet at www.diamondnetok.com.
- BBP Editors
July 2008 | www.broadbandproperties.com | BROADBAND PROPERTIES | 27
Municipal FTTH DeployMenT SnapSHoT
Business model: Retail onlyServices offered: Video, high-speed Internet access,
voice, point-to-point connections for businessesHighest-tier Internet access speeds/cost: 10 Mbps
symmetrical for $159.99Take rates: About half of the premises passed take at least
one serviceYear deployment started: 2003Year services began: 2004Time to complete buildout: Approximately one yeareconomic development impact: None at present
dePLoYMenT TeaM: design: Atlantic Engineering Group, Wave 7 Opticsconstruction: Atlantic Engineering GroupInstallation: DiamondNetIntegration: DiamondNet
dePLoYMenT deTaILS: aerial, underground, or both: BothMethod used for underground installation: Mostly
direct burial, some directional boring and air-blown fiber
equipment used for installation: All listed splicing equipment and miscellaneous hand tools
Method for connecting fiber: Fusion splicingSplicing equipment: Fujikura Splicemate FSM11S,
FSM50S
oPeraTIng equIPMenT:edge router: Extreme Networks BD 6808 Servers: DellFTTH electronics: Wave7 Optics Trident 7 Chassis and
Last Mile Cores (OLTs)other equipment vendors: Motorola, Scientific Atlanta,
Juniper, SonicWall, Cisco, SeaChangeFiber: Single-mode fiber cable from Alcatel-Lucent and
Corning Video headend: Motorola
Testing equipment: Dek Tec, Fluke, Noyes, Acterna, EXFOonTs: Wave7 Optics GMMR-441, GMMR-121, GMMR- 041,
GMMR-888, EPON-221, ONU-E888XPower supply: APC PowerShield, Alpha Technologies, and
CyberPower SystemsSet-top boxes: Motorola DCT6412, DCT6412 III, DCT 6416,
DCT 2524
keY SoFTware:Billing software: Great Lakes Data Systemsnetwork management: Wave7 Optics LMS and EMS,
Weird Solutions Broadband Provisioner DHCP, Motorola video software
Softswitch: MetaSwitch, provided by Newroads TelecomFiber management software: Mapcom
oPeraTIng reSourceS:central office personnel: 2oSP personnel: 5customer service reps: 2 other: 7 trucks, fiber trailer, Ditch Witch and trailer,
backhoe
BIggeST cHaLLenge:“Training has been a challenge for our techs. It’s hard to find anyone with experience in the fiber optic field.”
BIggeST SucceSS:“We are broadcasting local sports on our cable system and have connected many new customers because of it. With our fiber system we can bring customers live audio and video of not only sports but also community events. This has been a very popular service for our community, thanks to the help from the Sequoyah County Times.” BBP
Contact Masha Zager at [email protected] if you would like your municipal fiber deployment to be featured in Broadband Properties.
