My apologies! I was still finishing up my morning coffee so it hasn't kicked in
yet.....
Thank you for the explanation however!
=)
> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 12:12:16 -0400
> Subject: Re: Equinix MPLS connectivity
> From: morrowc.li...@gmail.com
> To: brandon....@brandontek.com
> CC: leo.wo...@gmail.com; nanog@nanog.org
>
> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Brandon Kim <brandon....@brandontek.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi Leo:
>
> since you are addressing my comment, probably you meant 'chris' there...
>
> > Just trying to understand the lingo. What do you mean by buying a "wave" on
> > someone's dwdm system? And what is dwdm?
>
> 'wave' - wavelength, one optical path (though a single wavelength used not
> many)
> 'dwdm' - dense wave division multiplexing, many optical transport
> systems today multiplex different optical wavelengths on a single
> fiber. Most optical transport vendors will sell you one wavelength
> from point to point on their system, or many waves if you need more
> than one wave's capacity.
>
> -chris
>
> >
> > Thanks for the heads up!
> >
> >
> >
> >> Date: Sat, 9 Oct 2010 10:24:16 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: Equinix MPLS connectivity
> >> From: morrowc.li...@gmail.com
> >> To: leo.wo...@gmail.com
> >> CC: nanog@nanog.org
> >>
> >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:22 AM, Leo Woltz <leo.wo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > We are looking for some MPLS connectivity between Equinix Ashburn and
> >> > Equinix San Jose who would the group recommend?
> >>
> >> why not just buy a wave on someone's dwdm system? (why mpls, I
> >> suppose, for what sounds like a ptp application)
> >>
> >
