[131093] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommendations for Metro-Ethernet Equipment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Francois Menard)
Wed Oct 20 12:02:28 2010
From: Francois Menard <francois@menards.ca>
In-Reply-To: <4CBF0AF6.9030207@xyonet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:02:16 -0400
To: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
We just bought a fair amount of MRV Optiswitches for that same purpose.
F.
On 2010-10-20, at 11:29 AM, Curtis Maurand wrote:
> I'd add Alcatel to that list.
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> On 10/20/2010 11:24 AM, Eric Merkel wrote:
>> I've been tasked with making a recommendation for the core and access
>> equipment for a small metro-ethernet network. We're probably talking =
at max
>> 200-300 subs split between two termination points. Most customers =
will
>> probably be at speeds of 100M or less. We'd like the backbone to be =
10G and
>> be MPLS capable. That being said some of the companies we've been =
looking at
>> are
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>> Cisco
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>> Extreme
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>> Brocade
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>> Adtran
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>> Occam
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>> Zhone
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>> We're looking to build the network in a cost effective manner so =
we're not
>> opposed to doing using aftermarket or refurbished equipment but we =
don't
>> want to start off with equipment that has no future of expanding.
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>> Any suggestions, success or horror stories are appreciated. ;)
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>> Eric
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>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
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>> Eric Merkel
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>> MetaLINK Technologies, Inc.
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>> Email: merkel at metalink.net
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