[131096] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Recommendations for Metro-Ethernet Equipment
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Grundemann)
Wed Oct 20 12:14:44 2010
In-Reply-To: <4CBF0AF6.9030207@xyonet.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:14:36 -0600
From: Chris Grundemann <cgrundemann@gmail.com>
To: Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 09:29, Curtis Maurand <cmaurand@xyonet.com> wrote:
> =A0I'd add Alcatel to that list.
yep, and also (depending on specific needs/topologies):
Ciena
Cyan
Fujitsu
Corrigent
Adva
Rad Data
Juniper
(in no particular order)
Good luck,
~Chris
>
> 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 lookin=
g
>> at
>> are
>>
>>
>>
>> Cisco
>>
>> Extreme
>>
>> Brocade
>>
>> Adtran
>>
>> Occam
>>
>> Zhone
>>
>>
>>
>> We're looking to build the network in a cost effective manner so we're n=
ot
>> opposed to doing using aftermarket or refurbished equipment but we don't
>> want to start off with equipment that has no future of expanding.
>>
>>
>>
>> Any suggestions, success or horror stories are appreciated. ;)
>>
>>
>>
>> Eric
>>
>>
>>
>> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>>
>> Eric Merkel
>>
>> MetaLINK Technologies, Inc.
>>
>> Email: merkel at metalink.net
>>
>
>
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