On 01/31/2017 10:17 AM, Karl Gerhard wrote:
Hello,
fs.com offers DWDM optics that are cheaper than CWDM optics:
CWDM 80km 10G for 600$ http://www.fs.com/c/cisco-cwdm-sfp-plus-2425?70-80km
DWDM 80km 10G for 420$ http://www.fs.com/c/cisco-dwdm-sfp-plus-2485?70-80km
This is significant.
Is this for real? Has anybody bought their DWDM optics?
Going with DWDM and passive Mux/Demux seems to be cheaper nowadays than
going with CWDM.
I came to the same conclusion a couple years ago. At the time, CWDM was
about the same price as DWDM or maybe still just a hair cheaper, but the
DWDM system is a) so much more capable, and b) typically has better
tools/monitoring, etc. (if you're using muxponders, etc.) that it made
sense to just go DWDM. Given advances in optics, I'm not surprised that
DWDM is now cheaper than CWDM outright.
Of course, the same may not be true if you're buying a fully engineered
system from a major vendor. CWDM can be a little easier to
engineer...sometimes.
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Brandon Martin
