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the best solution for the applications.
Take rates and revenues can be forecast
by customer class across a multiyear
planning interval to compare business
cases and returns on investment of
alternative scenarios.
Comprehensive information and
data about planned projects are always
and immediately available. City leaders
and planners know in real time what
decisions are made and their expected
outcomes. Tis information is available
in an extensive menu of maps, drawings,
schematics, charts and reports.
Tis provides a consistent
planning methodology for municipal
broadband networks, using the inputs
of geography, demand, architectures,
technologies and connection models.
Te result is a comprehensive plan for
routing and sizing fber cables and
locating active or passive network
nodes, expressed in the form of maps,
drawings and reports.
In sum, an advanced planning
solution can substantially reduce the
cost, efort and time to plan, engineer
and build a gigabit city.
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Kermit Ross is president of Network
Design Decisions Inc., which markets
21st-century software tools to plan FTTx
networks for telcos, cable operators and
gigabit communities. Kermit can be
contacted at kermit.ross@nocplan.com.
Figure 4: A fber tree shows connections from OLTs to community institutions and cell towers.
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