[177866] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low cost WDM gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kenneth McRae)
Sat Feb 7 12:56:06 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
To: =?ISO-8859-1?B?TWFudWVsIE1hcu1u?= <mmg@transtelco.net>
From: Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com>
Date: Sat, 07 Feb 2015 17:55:57 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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Mike,=0A=0AI just replaced a bunch of FiberStore WDM passive muxes with OS=
I Hardware equipment. =A0The FiberStore gear was a huge disappointment (ex=
cessive loss, poor technical support, refusal to issue refund without thre=
atening legal action, etc.). =A0 I have had good results from the OSI equi=
pment so far. =A0I run passive muxes for CWDM (8 - 16 channels).=0A=0AOn F=
eb 07, 2015, at 09:51 AM, Manuel Mar=EDn <mmg@transtelco.net> wrote:=0A=0A=
Hi Mike=0A=0AI can recommend a couple of vendors that provide cost effecti=
ve solutions.=0AEkinops & Packetlight.=0A=0AOn Saturday, February 7, 2015,=
Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:=0A=0AI know there are various Asia=
n vendors for low cost (less than $500) muxes=0Ato throw 16 or however man=
y colors onto a strand. However, they don't work=0Aso well when you don't =
control the optics used on both sides (therefore=0Amust use standard wavel=
engths), obviously only do a handful of channels and=0Ahave a distance lim=
itation.=0AWhat solutions are out there that don't cost an arm and a leg?=0A=
-----=0AMike Hammett=0AIntelligent Computing Solutions=0Ahttp://www.ics-il=
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