tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| Smaller node boxes?
So, will we see smaller node boxes any time soon?
Loads of customers in AT&T land really don't like the exploding refrigerators of death creating eye sores across the land.. this would also be great if central offices that serve 15-20k customers could operate at half the square footage that it already does and need maybe 1/2 the workers to maintain.
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dmeyer
join:2002-08-14
Austin, TX
 ·Insight Communicat..
| The fiber components are just a small part of a DSLAM/VRAD. What takes up a lot of the space is the power components like the batteries, fans, security mechanisms, etc... and all the rest is for cross connects for all the copper pairs. Then there's all the switching gear and misc electronics. This is just a guess as I've not actually been inside one of them, and the YouTube video of inside the VRAD has "suspiciously" been removed recently. |
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tater_gunz
Shoot to kill
Premium
join:2003-08-22
Toledo, OH
·buckeye cable
| said by dmeyer  :This is just a guess as I've not actually been inside one of them, and the YouTube video of inside the VRAD has "suspiciously" been removed recently. Your guess is absolutely correct!
- Tate
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tmc8080
join:2004-04-24
Floral Park, NY
| said by tater_gunz :said by dmeyer :This is just a guess as I've not actually been inside one of them, and the YouTube video of inside the VRAD has "suspiciously" been removed recently. Your guess is absolutely correct! - Tate They could probably make the rest of the vrads smaller as well.. this is first generation AT&T refrigerator dslams..
No doubt that when Verizon finally switches to gpon.. the ONT's will be half the size.. |
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