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  1. Adventures in #BellCanada #XGSPON, episode 3:

    Backhoes Strike Back!

    FIBRE FAILURE. Bell chalks up 47 hours of hard downtime on its residential fibre service in 16 weeks of operation, i.e. 98.25% availability.

    Today, transport fibre cut. Followed by PON node isolation, netting me two tickets.

    I have now ordered DOCSIS to provide backup because #BellMobility is completely unusable - I can't even hold up a HSPA connection, never mind a voice call. 👎

    Bell Mobility is about to be Cancelled x2.

  2. Previously, on #Bell #XGSPON Outages...🎶

    Installer clips the fibre so low to the ground a rodent decides its nummy, taking me down...

    Today's Episode...

    #BellMobility Internet doesn't work (1M dwn/100K up) during failure, so It Is Not The Backup I Am Looking For...

    #Escalation a week later formally says "yep, we know, oh well". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    IOW, #Bell knowingly sold me cell service in a dead spot, but happily told me verbally & on service map its 5G.

    Nope, HSPA only. #WONTFIX

  3. I am considering shifting over from #Rogers #HFC to #Bell #XGSPON

    The #PPPoE #ONT noise has given me pause.

    I get that #DSL adopted PPPoE because circuit switching underlay (*cough* ATM). It sort of made sense then. Barely.

    But what is the justification for continuing PPPoE on *PON networks?

    It seems like extra equipment scaling cost & complexity to me.