Vuma - only Huawei equipment?

Willie Trombone said:
OK, so Vuma tell me that if you're on Vuma Core, they use one brand and if you're on Vuma Reach, they use another brand - I think Vuma Core is the Huawei, not sure, but their attitude is "Sorry, no can do - can only supply Huawei". So quite literally, anyone who contracts to US Government is not allowed to use Vumatel thanks to section 889 compliance.
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Openserve uses Nokia
 
Willie Trombone said:
I’m not sure if this is an Afrihost issue or a Vumatel issue. I will try Vuma directly.
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Probably a Vumatel issue. I don't think the ISPs have a say in which ONT the FNO installs. Sorry to hear that you're being hamstrung by this - Vuma the only fibre provider in your area?
 
Willie Trombone said:
It’s Vuma aerial. Lady said Huawei only. I’ll have to escalate. @Afrigirl you would be a legend if you could assist. I can send details?
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They will not change it unfortunately. If you are very very lucky you can get them to install a Calix but, I am sorry to say, will most probably not happen.
 
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Polymathic said:
They gave me a cheapo Nokia one when I took the free trial from them.
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I have spoken to people who got a Huawei all in one device on the free trial. A real POS and a mission to get reprovisioned when the trial is over and you want to switch to another ISP.
 
B-1 said:
How would not having a Huawei ONT make any difference?
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Was wondering the same. The ONT shows up nowhere in the grand scheme of things. It is basically a converter from digital signal to analog signal, or am I missing something?
 
Willie Trombone said:
Not really, USG works all over the world and are aware of things outside their control. It’s what I control or is on my LAN that counts.
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But the ONT is not on your LAN? Its the same as an upstream switch/router being huawei?
 
Willie Trombone said:
Sure, you could argue that the piece of cable between my router and my ONT is a WAN cable, but it’s right there sitting in my home and I’m not getting caught lying. I have no problem asking them if it’s OK and declaring it but right now I’m making another plan so it’s not my problem.

It should be easier…
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It belongs to the fibre company and goes into the WAN port of your local network, it has no WiFi and if your router is set up properly has no access to your network. So if the company you work for has things set up properly it will never see anything but encrypted traffic.
I can't see how they will have issue with the ONT so don't be too worried about asking.
 
Even if you manage to get another ONT which will not happen the OLT and switches are still Huawei. If you use LTE and choose a router that is not the RAN and switches will be Huawei or ZTE.....

Vumatel mostly only use Huawei now. The other vendors are legacy vendors.

Vuma Active Ethernet is Huawei legacy Raycore
Vuma Gpon is Huawei legacy Zhone, DSAN and Calix
Vuma Reach is Huawei only

The core network switches and OLTs are Huawei. The network backhaul to Teraco is Huawei.
 
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