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Your Network Architecture Is One of Your Most Important Decisions

Choosing the right network architecture is essential, not only for financial considerations but also for long-term scalability. This Township to Rural Network Comparison Guide allows you to explore various network topology options, receive product recommendations, and provides comparative cost-of-deployment modeling based on your specific network type. The ultimate objective is to construct cost-efficient, future-proof networks.

centralized
Centralized
distributed
Distributed
cascaded-star
Cascaded - Star
cascade-daisychain
Cascaded - Daisy Chain
cascade-indexing
Cascaded - Indexing
cascaded-tap
Cascaded - Optical Tap

Network Technology and Architecture - FAQs

FTTH networks today have to be flexible in application, when considering an optical TAP network how do I provision dedicated Point to Point services? Will all of the network options shown work with GPON and XGSPON and other PON Standards in to the future? How easy is it to upgrade the network? What are the advantages of Hardened connectivity versus Non-hardened connectivity?

Network Model Scenarios 

Three common deployment environments have been modeled utilizing different network architectures to highlight how network selection impacts Total Cost of Deployment within three distinct deployment environments.