[165132] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Typical warranty for generic DWDM transceivers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Ross)
Tue Aug 20 09:05:09 2013
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:04:41 -0400 (EDT)
From: Brandon Ross <bross@pobox.com>
To: =?ISO-8859-15?Q?Manuel_Mar=EDn?= <mmg@transtelco.net>
In-Reply-To: <CAD0TWZ-Mtv7T26=Fa-h812ZWJ5chfm-E3tGsXQL2-JFxC=mUYw@mail.gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Tue, 20 Aug 2013, Manuel Mar=EDn wrote:
> We are currently evaluating the use of generic third party optics (SFP+=
and
> XFP) for 40Kms and 80Kms applications from vendors like NHR and Champio=
n
> One and I was wondering if someone in the group has experience using op=
tics
> from these vendors.
I am biased. My wife sells 3rd party optics at SubSpace Communications,=20
but I think our data is valuable.
She has sold many thousands of optics, all with lifetime warrantys. Many=
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of them to very large and clueful organizations, many of whom are=20
represented here on NANOG. Of those thousands sold, I can count less tha=
n=20
20 that have been returned.
I've also worked for VARs in the past, and work with several of=20
them today, selling new OEM branded optics. I've found a MUCH higher=20
percentage of OEM optics having to be returned to the manufacturer.
Of course, take my report with a grain of salt.
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