Most telcos can provide an OTU2 client interface but there is no peering, they are just mapping directly to a wavelength or to OTU3/4. So it's transparent service.
Phil On Oct 23, 2012, at 7:07 PM, Will Orton <w...@loopfree.net> wrote: > Reading about OTN networks, I see that "IrDI" is specified to handle the case > where one OTN network needs to connect to another natively with OTN signals. > > Is this done in the real world? Does OTN network operator A ever go to OTN > network operator B and say, "I'd like to buy a OTU2 from city X to city Y on > your > long haul network (at buildings J and K where we can connect simply with > short-distance SMF/1310 signals), and what TCM levels can you give me?" > > I understand this in the case of lit 10GbE-WANPHY, LAN, and OC-192, but are > OTU > "lit" signals bought and sold wholesale this way too? Is there generally a > price > premium over the more normal client signals? > > -Will Orton > >
