[130689] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Equinix MPLS connectivity
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Kim)
Sat Oct 9 12:57:00 2010
From: Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandontek.com>
To: <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 12:56:51 -0400
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Cc: nanog@nanog.org
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My apologies! I was still finishing up my morning coffee so it hasn't kicke=
d in yet.....
Thank you for the explanation however!
=3D)
> Date: Sat=2C 9 Oct 2010 12:12:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: Equinix MPLS connectivity
> From: morrowc.lists@gmail.com
> To: brandon.kim@brandontek.com
> CC: leo.woltz@gmail.com=3B nanog@nanog.org
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> On Sat=2C Oct 9=2C 2010 at 10:39 AM=2C Brandon Kim <brandon.kim@brandonte=
k.com> wrote:
> > Hi Leo:
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> since you are addressing my comment=2C probably you meant 'chris' there..=
.
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> > Just trying to understand the lingo. What do you mean by buying a "wave=
" on
> > someone's dwdm system? And what is dwdm?
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> 'wave' - wavelength=2C one optical path (though a single wavelength used =
not many)
> 'dwdm' - dense wave division multiplexing=2C many optical transport
> systems today multiplex different optical wavelengths on a single
> fiber. Most optical transport vendors will sell you one wavelength
> from point to point on their system=2C or many waves if you need more
> than one wave's capacity.
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> -chris
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> >
> > Thanks for the heads up!
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sat=2C 9 Oct 2010 10:24:16 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: Equinix MPLS connectivity
> >> From: morrowc.lists@gmail.com
> >> To: leo.woltz@gmail.com
> >> CC: nanog@nanog.org
> >>
> >> On Sat=2C Oct 9=2C 2010 at 4:22 AM=2C Leo Woltz <leo.woltz@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> >> > We are looking for some MPLS connectivity between Equinix Ashburn a=
nd
> >> > Equinix San Jose who would the group recommend?
> >>
> >> why not just buy a wave on someone's dwdm system? (why mpls=2C I
> >> suppose=2C for what sounds like a ptp application)
> >>
> >
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