DWDM interconnects

Tue Jan 7 04:17:20 UTC 2003

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog at merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog at merit.edu] On 
> Behalf Of David Diaz
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:24 PM
> To: nanog at merit.edu
> Subject: Re: DWDM interconnects
> 
> Actually I forgot to mention.  Since we have different frequencies 
> for the lasers, you and your peer would have to agree ahead of time 
> and stock that particular frequency or "color."  IT's a major 
> stocking nightmare especially for spares.  The real explosion may 
> occur as tunable lasers drop in price that can allow 8 or more 
> different frequencies.

there are nifty boxes out (have been for 8 months or so) that do
wavelength conversion.  so the box-operator in the middle handles the
wavelength map, and users on each end can all use the same lasers
(colors).  they were expensive at the time I looked but I would think
prices would have come down.

but yes, cheap tunables would be great.

-b