[158953] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Fiber only in DataCenters?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Isabel Dias)
Mon Dec 17 12:27:15 2012
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:26:49 -0800 (PST)
From: Isabel Dias <isabeldias1@yahoo.com>
To: Walter Keen <walter.keen@rainierconnect.net>,
James Wininger <jwininger@ifncom.net>
In-Reply-To: <2086788147.6540281.1355764472400.JavaMail.root@zimbra01.rainierconnect.net>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Reply-To: Isabel Dias <isabeldias1@yahoo.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
walter, i couldn't care less about your problem! get the message!=0A=0A=0A=
=0A________________________________=0AFrom: Walter Keen <walter.keen@rainie=
rconnect.net>=0ATo: James Wininger <jwininger@ifncom.net> =0ACc: nanog@nano=
g.org =0ASent: Monday, December 17, 2012 5:14 PM=0ASubject: Re: Fiber only =
in DataCenters?=0A=0A=0AMany of the colocation datacenters or carrier hotel=
datacenters we are in only have copper facilities for tdm based circuits s=
uch as DS1 and DS3.=A0 The distance in many of these are simply too great f=
or a copper ethernet connection. ( > 100m )=0A=0ASome smaller ones prefer c=
opper, where distance is not an issue, but I've found that to be the minori=
ty.=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----- =0A=0AFrom: "James Wining=
er" <jwininger@ifncom.net> =0ATo: nanog@nanog.org =0ASent: Monday, December=
17, 2012 9:01:15 AM =0ASubject: Fiber only in DataCenters? =0A=0AHello all=
, =0A=0ALooking for input from "providers" as well as "consumers" of data c=
enter space and facilities. Specifically speaking to the types of available=
physical cross connects. =0A=0AAre there data centers out there that are "=
fiber only"? That is to say that the cross connects are fiber only and no c=
opper cross connects are available? =0A=0AI understand that fiber is great =
and all, but to my knowledge there are a lot of folks still using and needi=
ng copper cross connects. Am I wrong? =0A-- =0A=0AJim
