[177867] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Low cost WDM gear
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Christopher Morrow)
Sat Feb 7 13:02:18 2015
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Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 13:02:11 -0500
From: Christopher Morrow <morrowc.lists@gmail.com>
To: Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
would be good for mike to define 'long distances' here, is it:
2km
30km
300km
3000km
Probably the 30-60k range is what you mean by 'long distances' but...
clarity might help.
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Kenneth McRae <kenneth.mcrae@me.com> wrote=
:
> Mike,
>
> I just replaced a bunch of FiberStore WDM passive muxes with OSI Hardware
> equipment. The FiberStore gear was a huge disappointment (excessive loss=
,
> poor technical support, refusal to issue refund without threatening legal
> action, etc.). I have had good results from the OSI equipment so far. =
I
> run passive muxes for CWDM (8 - 16 channels).
>
> On Feb 07, 2015, at 09:51 AM, Manuel Mar=C3=ADn <mmg@transtelco.net> wrot=
e:
>
> Hi Mike
>
> I can recommend a couple of vendors that provide cost effective solutions=
.
> Ekinops & Packetlight.
>
> On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:
>
> I know there are various Asian vendors for low cost (less than $500) muxe=
s
> to throw 16 or however many colors onto a strand. However, they don't wor=
k
> so well when you don't control the optics used on both sides (therefore
> must use standard wavelengths), obviously only do a handful of channels a=
nd
> have a distance limitation.
> What solutions are out there that don't cost an arm and a leg?
> -----
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>
>
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