Versa Technology (www.versatek.com), a leading provider of last mile communications including Switches and DSLAM's, is announcing the development and release of a new product line, GEPON.

Chino, California (PRWEB) March 19, 2009 -- Versa Technology (www.versatek.com), a leading provider of last mile communications including Switches and DSLAM's, is pleased to announce the development and release of a new product line, GEPON. The Versa Technology GEPON solution can support everything providers will need for FTTH (Fiber to the home) and FTTB (Fiber to the Building). GEPON can provide up to one gigabit to the subscriber over passive optical network and also allow for CATV overlay.

Versa Technology's Gigabit Ethernet PON platform for the Single Home and MTU/DMU/MHU is comprised of the Co-side concentrator, VX-EP3120 and customer-side ONT (Optical Network Terminal) or ONU (Optical Network Unit). The VX-EP3120 concentrates traffic from a maximum of 20 PONs and 16 or 32 ONTs/ONUs that provide up to four 10/100Mb Ethernet ports that connect to any gigabit Ethernet switch or router. The Versa Technology GEPON product line can run up to 20Km at the maximum speed up to 1.25Gbps, which adds additional revenue generation gear for developers and service providers.

Fiber to the Home is the only way to gain the ultimate competitive advantage in North America, Latin America and South America. It is the answer to the question, 'What Next?' We hear at Versa Technology must move forward and provide its service providers with the bandwidth they need to give the end user even more features than they could ever want.

The Versa Technology GEPON "Shelf" type of CO-side concentrator enables a wide variety of deployment options of FTTP from customer's premises to carrier's office. It guarantees competitive access performance beyond 100Mbps bandwidth per subscriber necessary for multi channel high resolution video delivery as well as high speed data and toll quality voice with RF video to all customers on the PON.

The Versa Technology GEPON product line secures a migration path to the premises for IP-centric services such as VLAN, multicasting, link aggregation, multi-layer filtering, rate limiting, class of service (CoS) and quality of service (QoS). Robust and open web-based management system provides easily the capabilities necessary for operation administration, maintenance and provisioning.

Cost effective optical distribution for single home as well as MDU

The Versa Technology GEPON concentrator for installing at the Central Office or Business Park securing cost effectiveness through lower cost optical distribution and less space in its installed office. Also it can support hotel, office, MDU owners and BLEC (Building Local Exchange Carriers) to deliver converged IP services using the VX-EP246 Optical Network Terminal for Copper Distribution.

Future-proof multi-layer data and RF video features

The Versa Technology GEPON Chassis supports 802.1q Tag VLAN, Mac Address Limitation per Bridgeport, IEEE802.1p, 802.1ad link aggregation and IP multicasting for more value generation. It also provides multi-layer features beyond Layer 2 that future proofs services. The fully mounted platform is capable of RF video along with high-definition video over IP.

Modular and expansible architecture

The Versa Technology GEPON Chassis is designed for modular architecture with 2-PON per slot enabling expansion to 20-PON. This rack mountable chassis can take 640 FTTH subscribers and be stacked and managed easily across thousands of subscribers.

User-friendly management interface

The Versa Technology GEPON product supports robust performance as utilizing OAM for link monitoring, loopback and fault indication with SNMP, and provides Web-based GUI for ease of use.

Joe Taylor, Director of Business Development at Versa Technology has been listening to customers for years try to figure out how to gain an edge on cable operators and incumbents "Fiber to the Home is the only way to gain the ultimate competitive advantage in North America, Latin America and South America. It is the answer to the question, 'What Next?' We hear at Versa Technology must move forward and provide its service providers with the bandwidth they need to give the end user even more features than they could ever want." He also had this to say: "While copper is still viable in a lot of situations, we have to listen to our customers and be able to provide them with a solution that will ensure competitiveness for 20 years to come."

GEPON ONT

The Versa Technology Line up of GEPON ONT is quite impressive, including both indoor and outdoor Optical Line Terminals. This allows providers the ability to provide both single home or MDU environments with FTTH so that they can deploy a single solution across a large region. The Versa Technology GEPON ONT also supports IEEE802.3ah MPCP, 802.1d, IGMP Snooping, and 802.1q VLAN.

About Versa Technology

Versa Technology, located in Chino, California, is a company that provides both fiber and copper for last mile solution. With worldwide offices in Korea, China and the United States, Versa Technology has taken advantage of the global marketplace to grow at an amazing pace. Versa Technology provides a wide range of copper solutions, giving service providers the choice of ADSL2+, VDSL and VDSL2. Versa Technology also provides FTTH Solutions to providers looking to deploy next generation fiber optic networks. Versa Technology is one of the few companies in the world that can provide the complete last mile solution.

Our clients are often HSIA’s or installers that provide internet service for hotels, motels, campuses, apartment buildings and residential complexes. Now often times HSIA’s will try and pitch new wiring and sell it that way. Since the bigger the job, the larger the profits and hence the more the client has to commit to the installation and to the HSIA’s services. In the cash stripped economy we are in, few are willing to drop so much money and yet they do not want to rely on wireless entirely since supporting that service is both expensive, time consuming and often times just plain frustrating. In such times copper is King. 

Enter then the possibility of using existing phone wiring that is available in all these scenarios where wiring is not a possibility and why many HSIA’s come to Versa Technology Inc.  for their copper/twisted pair phone wiring solutions. 

When Cabling is No Nyet Nein:

1. Cost of new wiring is too expensive.
2. New wiring will destroy aesthetic look of the hotel.
3. The amount of time needed to do the wiring is too long. ( student housing/campuses)
4. Building is too old and renovations of any kind are out of the question.

In all of these scenarios, using existing phones and deploying an ADSL 2+ DSLAM to provide internet to the rooms is ideal. By piping in bandwidth to the phone room in these buildings, and deploying DSLAMs in the phone room that link to modems placed in the guest rooms themselves, no additional wiring or work is required. Voice would enter via the PBX into the DSLAM then with data injected it would return to the phone blocks and head to the rooms where the CPE modems are waiting to receive and filter to the phone and internet users. CAT3 or CAT5 it will work and not be a problem. It can share the same pairs where voice is running too.

Typical deployment time is often completed within a day even for a property that is 50-100 rooms and if two installers are on location that is a guarantee. Wireless can also be provided since there are ADSL2+ modems that offer a 4 port hub and wireless connectivity as well. With the ability to monitor and throttle the bandwidth on these DSLAM’s installers and HSIA’s are able then to control and manage users from wherever they are via the DSLAM’s web or CLI interface.

Frequently Asked Questions about DSLAM installations in hotels are:

1. Will the voice or phones work if the DSLAMs fail or are out of order?

Answer : Yes it will, connectivity is hardwired and works whether the DSLAM is power on or not.

1. Will it work with a digital PBX?

Answer: Yes it will, only when a Digital PBX AND Digital phones are use will the DSL frequencies clash. We have never seen an incident of this ever.

1. Does installing this system far too much?

Answer: Nope cost per room can be as low as $67 a room for a wired and wireless solution to be install using ADSL2+, or mix up the install with some rooms wired and other wireless and costs per room can drop to as low as $15!

1. What is the top speeds?

Answer: 25Mb down and 3Mb up. Way more speed then you would get for the entire building or need to pipe to any one user.

1. What is the max range?

Answer: ADSL 2+ will go as far as 5km, even longer if you use repeaters so buildings are never a problem here.

Typical ROI for clients that charge for internet services range within 3-6 months before profiting from their one time expensive and this is a huge factor why a lot of our clients are big proponents of deploying this equipment. Contact Versa Technology Inc.  today if you have any questions and see for yourself the possibilities with xDSL. Though we only talk about ADSL 2+ here, VDSL2 and DSLAMs and CPE’s are also possible and ideal even for triple play solutions that are looking to install the best equipment for that purpose. With over 50,000 of our mini IP DSLAMs deployed worldwide and even more of our modems, this solution is one to stay and grows more cost effective every year.

Tune in next time when we discuss the other alternative when cabling is not possible. Wireless and how to do it Just Right.

The title is ludicrous and indeed it seems so but when we first heard it from Steve Shockman at Consolidated Smart Systems, we could not help but laugh and agree as shared good laughs over dinner. The economy has plummeted in the last year and the America that was two years ago is now near unrecognizable. Spending all across the board is down and everyone is looking for golden bullet to cut, slash and decapitate costs. Well we just so happen to have one for you if you are looking to grow the network. The VX-1000MD ADSL2+ DSLAMs that can be deployed in hours, no new wiring, and whopping range of up to 5km and speeds of 24Mb down and 3Mb up which is plenty fast for any end user no matter how you look at it.

Enter the era of Post Fiber Advanced Copper Technology championed by ADSL2+ and VDSL2 DSLAMs. The answer so simple yet apparent and constantly overlooked by ISP's and HSIA's looking to squeeze the extra margin from new installs and new client sites. No only is fiber expensive but also comes the construction cost built in, while running new fiber in a new construction is a grand idea, what about the building is 20 years old and projects managers thought we would never advance past telelphones. Even wireless often seems like the answer, well that is until you run into the plethora of problems that come with access points being stolen, unplugged or failing to connect ever frustrated wireless user, add to the known fact that any wireless install is one tech support heavy install that can rack up support call costs to a fault.

One commandment that rings true in just about any property on the face of this planet is that phone lines must exist and are ever present. Utilizing the existing phone lines and copper of a building to distribute and offer internet services is an old answer now echoing strong once more. The property owners will balk at the cost of laying fiber at their transceivers where DSL DSLAM's and DSL Modems can achieve the same at a fraction of the cost yet provide ongoing internet service that is plug and play and needs very little support should user require them. Whether in the US or in any other nation, the constant where phone wiring is available to pipe data and offer quick and easy access to people looking to gain internet service is irrefutable.

Traditional speeds of 100Mb that were dominatly allowed only to Fiber or short range Ethernet is a thing of the past, with Versa Technology's VX-MD3024 VDSL2 DSLAMs you can pipe pure bandwidths of up to 100Mb both up and downstream to users well beyond the 100 meter limitation of Ethernet and up to 2-4000 meters depending on twisted copper phone pair line quality on a voice line and not interrupt its services. Smart clients have learned to triple their gains by offering IPTV as well just by using the bandwidth of these new generations of copper DSLAMs and CPE's like the VX-1000LD 8 port ADSL2+ DSLAMS, VX-1000MD 24 ADSL2+ DSLAMS and the VX-MD3024 VDSL2 DSLAMS. Get a free consultation now from Versa Technology, Inc. on how this can be done. A FTTH deployment has an ROI of nearly 12 to 18 months; a VX-MD3024 DSLAM has an ROI of 3 to 6 months? Cash is king and the faster you can get the longer you will be around.

Pardon the loaner Mr. President, but your speech was too good not to borrow for our title. The days of paying for the brand in this shrinking economy are done. Just because DSLAM, Switches and Routers are branded with some company that overcharges you for those commercials, does not mean data gets to its destination any faster. 100Mbps is 100Mbps no matter what the model number of your switch is.

 Over the course of Versa Technology 15 year history we have met and talked to every possible tech, engineer or field specialist in the business of internet service providing and telecommunications. We have troubleshot all manner of networking headaches, from security issues to bandwidth and connectivity issues. If you work in this field you already know how hard it can be when dialing a tech support number.  When it comes to switches, modems, dslams, wireless access points, repeaters, Ethernet extenders and media converters we know what we are talking about and you won’t have to call India to figure something out. We will be there every step of the way.

From the tech who has never seen a 66 block and works straight out of the manual, to the worldliest telecom network engineer that has 30 years under his belt whom remembers the days when he use to throw up phone lines with spit, gum and some duct tape. We have met and talked with them all. Whether deploying DSLAMs, WAPs (Wireless Access Points), or bridging networks with Ethernet extender. Everyone wants to run to the bigger companies out of fear of the unknown not knowing a smaller company will provide you much better tech support. Smaller companies like Versa Technology care a lot more about than some bigger company that thinks it has bigger fish to fry. We treat every customer the same.

 But the Fear of the Gear exists in all of us, young and old. The flawed thinking that choosing a brand and paying the max dollar will safeguard a decision thus ultimately leading to job security is the equivalent of buying one machine gun when you need a thousand rifles. As great as that machine gun might be, can only buy so many and when it fails the lost is felt and in its vacuum you are left with nothing to fill the void or are so cash stripped you wished you had bought those rifles.

Great tech support aside, return on investment is what we are all here for and I guarantee if you are providing internet to customers we will figure out a way to provide you a greatest ROI quicker than anyone else. Talking to us and our coming to see us has been a life saver for many clients, embattled with rising costs of equipment and their own clients who in these times want to pay the minimum from IP DSLAMS or CPE modems, be sure to talk to your Versa contact at sales@versatek.com . Because the difference of spending $20,000 for a job that should cost you only $10,000 these days, can and could be the difference of surviving this economy in style or going down in a blaze of overly lavish spending. Be frugal yet cautious and trust in field experts who can find you equipment that works and prove it too. Get Versa and Get Connected today with solutions that work, makes sense and you can expect to save overnight with just a call or an email.

One problem service providers often face is, how do we cut cost in the CO? well one way is use more cost effective DSLAM. With companies charging higher and higher margins because of expanding marketing budgets, what are you really paying for with one DSLAM over another? The Versa Technology 1000 series Mini-DSLAM allows Service providers to cut cost by almost half and still provide DSL service to the ender user. The VX-1000MDI comes in both AC and DC so if you need to cut cost in a CO or you want to provide service to MDU markets it can easily be achieved.

With most 24 Port ADSL2+ DSLAMS running for fewer than 50 dollars a port, the VX-1000MDI is less than half what other manufactures sell for. Versa Technology can provide a Modem AND a DSLAM port for under 80 dollars a port to Services providers which means you are breaking even on your ROI within 90 days. The quicker a service provide breaks even using the Versa Technology Mini-DSLAM solution the faster it can expand to new customers and grow the business.

The question everyone has with the Versa Technology Mini-DSLAM is, does it lack in features? The answer is quite simply, NO. The Versa Technology DSLAM can provide 802.1Q VLAN tagging, RSTP and even 802.1p bandwidth prioritization. These are the features service providers need in order to make the network work and these are the features that the Versa Technology Mini-DSLAM provides.

Not only does Versa Technology provide cost effective DSLAM equipment but we also provide cost effective Customer Premise equipment. With a wide range of ADSL2+ Modems like the VX-VER170WR 4 Port Wireless router services providers can also give customers a solution that can serve internet to the whole household for less then 70 dollars.

When you buy a Mini-DSLAM from Versa Technology service providers will also have a company that will be behind them all the way. Large CO deployments are far from easy, but we will be there through thick and thin to make sure your customers get the service that they deserve. We will not rest until the service provider is completely satisfied. Even if means staying up all night to trouble shoot a problem. If you lose money, we lose money.