Low cost WDM gear

Christopher Morrow morrowc.lists at gmail.com
Sat Feb 7 18:02:11 UTC 2015


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?
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