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| Simplify your FTTH network with FTTH Made Easy! 
Fiber is the key enabling media to support the higher bandwidth and new services, such as VoIP, VOD and IPTV. Fiber enables providers to improve their competitiveness, achieve operating efficiencies, address the demand for faster Internet service, and pursue new revenue-generating opportunities such as digital video.
To help developers in Greenfield communities design and build a fiber-based network to meet the needs of their residential and commercial subscribers, Telco Systems has formed an alliance with AFL Telecommunications to create a turn-key active Ethernet FTTH network solution. The alliance, called FTTH Made Easy, provides end-to-end system integration as well as consulting services and solutions to help developers build fiber-based networks.
While a large majority of FTTH deployments today are based on passive optical networking (PON), the advantages of point-to-point active Ethernet are well documented. According to Kent Brown, Director of Access Solutions at AFL Telecommunications, “A point-to-point active Ethernet network is CapEx friendly and provides more control over network design and bandwidth. Telco Systems has developed a set of solutions that enable developers to cost-effectively create an active Ethernet FTTx strategy that addresses the evolving needs of the community.”
AFL’s FTTH Made Easy Business Modeling Tool supports an extensive ROI modeling engine to help developers determine the best solution for their community. The tool supports phased market rollout and a wide range of user-definable inputs.
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Why Active Ethernet?
- Active Ethernet is standards-based. Ethernet components that are 802.3 compliant offer full interoperability with other standards-based solutions from a broad base of vendors.
- Active Ethernet offers subscribers dedicated bandwidth based on their individual requirements and offers differentiated services for residential and business customers.
- Active Ethernet supports a pay-as-you grow philosophy since new subscribers can be easily added to an active Ethernet network within the 100km geographic area at minimal cost. PON networks require one splitter for every 32 ONUs within the 20km service area and are cost-effective only when at least 26 ONUs are connected.
- Active Ethernet is easy to configure. PONs require detailed pre-planning to place splitters in the ideal location from the OLT that support the maximum number of subscribers and ensure that the ONU reaches the maximum number of subscribers.
- Active Ethernet is easy to support. Passive splitters cannot transmit data so troubleshooting a problem requires dispatching a technician to the site – or multiple sites. Active Ethernet can send information to the NOC using SNMP, EFM OAM, MPLS, or any number of management protocols used by the provider.
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