[123734] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Inside plant 10G fiber specs?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Anderson)
Sun Mar 14 15:18:13 2010
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:17:43 -0400
From: Chuck Anderson <cra@WPI.EDU>
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On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 02:16:53PM -0400, Jeff Kell wrote:
> I am working up network specs for a new building, and trying to
> accomodate a 10G distribution from the start. The safe bet of running
> singlemode everywhere doesn't quite fit due to cost of the optics and
> the need for multimode for some other (non-network) devices anyway.
Pull a hybrid MM/SM cable. For the life expectancy of most fiber
installs, you'll want the SM to run 10G now, and 40G, 100G, ?? in the
future over the same infrastructure. SM optics aren't really that
much more expensive anymore.
