On 7/Feb/15 21:17, Phil Bedard wrote: > Is this for 10G? I'm kind of assuming 10G. What kind of equipment is > being plugged into these? 300km is way beyond what you'll get with a > passive solution, it's definitely in the "long-haul" terrtory. If you are > launching out of a router the best pluggable optic you can generally get > is rated at 80km, 10GBase-ZR, but even a passive mux at each end shaves > some of that distance off. > > 300km is going to require amplifiers at intervals across the span. Who is > providing the fiber? I'd start talking to traditional transport vendors. > Ekinops as mentioned is probably decent at a lower price, Adva works well > and isn't all that expensive, even Cisco has gear reasonably priced. If > you want to cover 300km on a fiber span though "cheap" isn't really a word > I would describe. It's why people lease circuits. :)
Agree - US$500 (or thereabout) to cover 300km at a reasonable speed with some reliability and manageability is a stretch (no pun intended). Mark.
