Smartoptics? https://smartoptics.com/
Regards, Dave On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 at 14:43, Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa> wrote: > > > On 10/6/23 15:07, Mike Hammett wrote: > > > I've been using various forms of passive WDM for years. I have a couple > different projects on my plate that require me to look at the next level of > platform. > > > > In some projects, I'll be looking for needing to have someone long > distances of glass without any electronics. Some spans could be over 60 > miles. > > > > In some projects, I'll need to transport multiple 100-gig waves. > > > > What is the landscape like between basic passive and something like a 30 > terabit Ciena? I know of multiple vendors in that space, but I like to > learn more about what features I need and what features I don't need from > somewhere other than the vendor's mouth. Obviously, the most reliability at > the least cost as well. > > 400G-ZR pluggables will get you 400Gbps on a p2p dark fibre over 80km - > 100km. So your main cost there will be routers that will support. > > The smallest DCI solution from the leading DWDM vendors is likely to be > your cheapest option. Alternatively, if you are willing to look at the > open market, you can find gear based on older CMOS (40nm, for example), > which will now be EoL for any large scale optical network, but cost next > to nothing for a start-up with considerable capacity value. > > There is a DWDM vendor that showed up on the scene back in 2008 or > thereabouts. They were selling a very cheap, 1U box that had a different > approach to DWDM from other vendors at the time. I, for the life of me, > cannot remember their name - but I do know that Randy introduced them to > me back then. Maybe he can remember :-). Not sure if they are still in > business. > > Mark. > > >
