Right. Note that I was talking about _repeaters_, not splitters. I am guessing they don't *do* repeaters per se.
Brian D Williams wrote:
>
> >From: "Michael M. Butler" <butler@comp-lib.org>
>
> >Seems like repeaters would have to be pretty broadband &
> >sophisticated in that topology, if they are practical at all. Am
> >I 'way off base?
>
> Actually in a PONs network the splitters are a passive device that
> can split off the individual wavelengths (Lambdas) essentially just
> a sophisticated prism, they require no power.
>
> Brian
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