[113550] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Diversity - was: Fiber cut in SF area
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rod Beck)
Wed Apr 15 11:15:20 2009
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:03:48 +0100
From: "Rod Beck" <Rod.Beck@hiberniaatlantic.com>
To: "Neil Harris" <neil@tonal.clara.co.uk>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Agreed.=20
But bear in mind that DWDM infrastructure that does 80 to 120 waves per =
fiber pair is very expensive. =20
REgards,=20
Roderick S. Beck
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-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Harris [mailto:neil@tonal.clara.co.uk]
Sent: Wed 4/15/2009 4:00 PM
To: Rod Beck
Cc: joel.mercado@verizon.net; Wallace Keith; nanog@nanog.org
Subject: Re: Diversity - was: Fiber cut in SF area
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Rod Beck wrote:
> And if the 10 gig wave is from 1 Wilshire to 60 Hudson with hundreds =
of regen huts and 30 POPs in between?=20
>
> How that affect the capex cost?
>
> =20
Sure, the capex cost of offering full diversity is substantial; my point =
was just that the cost of switching STM64 signals at the endpiints need=20
not be a significant issue, since you only have to switch the optical=20
path, which is cheap to do and highly reliable, and the kit to do that=20
will only make up a tiny fraction of the rest of the capital and=20
operations cost.
-- Neil
