Low cost WDM gear

Sat Feb 7 18:04:46 UTC 2015

One particular route I'm looking at is 185 miles, so of the options presented 300 km is closest. ;-) 

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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

----- Original Message -----

From: "Christopher Morrow" <morrowc.lists at gmail.com> 
To: "Kenneth McRae" <kenneth.mcrae at me.com> 
Cc: "NANOG" <nanog at nanog.org> 
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2015 12:02:11 PM 
Subject: Re: Low cost WDM gear 

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 at 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 Marín <mmg at transtelco.net> wrote: 
> 
> Hi Mike 
> 
> I can recommend a couple of vendors that provide cost effective solutions. 
> Ekinops & Packetlight. 
> 
> On Saturday, February 7, 2015, Mike Hammett <nanog at ics-il.net> wrote: 
> 
> I know there are various Asian vendors for low cost (less than $500) muxes 
> to throw 16 or however many colors onto a strand. However, they don't work 
> 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 and 
> have a distance limitation. 
> What solutions are out there that don't cost an arm and a leg? 
> ----- 
> Mike Hammett 
> Intelligent Computing Solutions 
> http://www.ics-il.com 
> 
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