Re: FTTH CPE landscape

[Scott Helms <khelms () ispalliance net>]

> For residential use, for users currently requesting one public address,
> that's a waste of a /30 block (sans routing tricks requiring higher end
> customer equipment). Multiply that by the number of residential customers
> you have and that's bordering on mismanagement of your address space.
>
> If you're dealing with business customers, then your usage versus wasted
> ratio is much higher and less of a concern, but what's the point? Are you
> trying to cut down on a large broadcast domain?

Any rational layer 2 access gear regardless of the technology (DSL, 
FTTx, wireless, or DOCSIS) will/can handle layer 2 isolation already.


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