[73571] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: optics pricing (Re: Weird GigE Media Converter Behavior)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mikael Abrahamsson)
Sun Aug 29 12:08:36 2004
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:08:03 +0200 (CEST)
From: Mikael Abrahamsson <swmike@swm.pp.se>
To: "Dickson, Brian" <BDickson@arbinet.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <51D247166409B7488EF23121C0548D9F0101CE07@nycmail01.thexchange.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004, Dickson, Brian wrote:
> do, with current-generation chip-production technology. 10Ghz optics are
> old-school lasers, several orders of magnitude larger, much more
> power-hungry, delicate, and in all likelyhood, hand-crafted with low yields.
> They really are that expensive. Just check out the price on 10G transponders
> (eg DWDM equipment) if you don't believe that's the case...
Then why can I purchase 10km 10GE Xenpaks directly from the manufacturer
for under $2000?
> On the other hand, it'd be nice to see a copper 10GBIC, even if its max
> cable length were a few metres. ;-)
There is one. It's called CX4 and has a reach of 15 meters. Cisco sold it
for $600 list price at first but it has now disappeared from the price
list. I don't know why.
http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/hw/modules/ps4835/products_data_sheet09186a008007cd00.html
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Mikael Abrahamsson email: swmike@swm.pp.se
