Low cost WDM gear

[nanog at ics-il.net (Mike Hammett)]

Oh, I had no fantasies that the $500 Chinese muxes would do the distance. Actually quite the opposite in that I knew they couldn't, so looking for alternative solutions that didn't break the bank. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Mark Tinka" <mark.tinka at seacom.mu> 
To: nanog at nanog.org 
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 1:26:28 PM 
Subject: Re: Low cost WDM gear 


On 7/Feb/15 21:17, Phil Bedard wrote: 
> Is this for 10G? I'm kind of assuming 10G. What kind of equipment is 
> being plugged into these? 300km is way beyond what you'll get with a 
> passive solution, it's definitely in the "long-haul" terrtory. If you are 
> launching out of a router the best pluggable optic you can generally get 
> is rated at 80km, 10GBase-ZR, but even a passive mux at each end shaves 
> some of that distance off. 
> 
> 300km is going to require amplifiers at intervals across the span. Who is 
> providing the fiber? I'd start talking to traditional transport vendors. 
> Ekinops as mentioned is probably decent at a lower price, Adva works well 
> and isn't all that expensive, even Cisco has gear reasonably priced. If 
> you want to cover 300km on a fiber span though "cheap" isn't really a word 
> I would describe. It's why people lease circuits. :) 

Agree - US$500 (or thereabout) to cover 300km at a reasonable speed with 
some reliability and manageability is a stretch (no pun intended). 

Mark.