On 15/Dec/18 12:44, Mike Hammett wrote:
> heh, cross connects are indeed a major issue. I have a need for > 10G > transport. My equipment supports 40G. The carriers aren't terribly > interested in doing 40G transport (at least not at a reasonable price, > one quote was over 4x a 10G). 100G-capable switches cost too much. > Equinix charges as much for a pair of cross connects as a 10G wave. > Carriers aren't likely to be interested in using bidi optics or > passive WDM to overcome the ridiculous cross connect charges. > > This all complicates how one chooses transport. There's no easy path > forward. I think the Juniper MX204 is not a bad way to deliver reasonably inexpensive 100Gbps ports to customers. The box is reasonably priced and is, essentially, an MPC7 in a pizza jacket. If an operator is not overly religious about what box they hook high-capacity customers (40Gbps+) into, the MX204 is a good way to start offering affordable 40Gbps and 100Gbps services. Mark.
