"Authentic optics" are such a fucking scam. Every time I see somebody saying this, there's only two possible things that come to mind: (1) They don't realize how bad they are getting scammed
And / Or (2) Massive company with stupid draconian policies where an employee is trying to cover their ass and it's not their money to worry about If it comes down to "the vendor won't support us because we're not using their optics", then keep a small stash of said vendor optics around just for those situations. If it's "we can't handle downtime", then the $individuals should probably turn in their "I design networks" card after cleaning out their desk - redundancy comes in many forms. On Jun 18, 2016 7:12 AM, "Paul Stewart" <[email protected]> wrote: Yes quite noticeably … although we buy nothing anymore but authentic optics, especially on 100G …. paying less than 25% of what we were paying two years ago on 100G optics On Jun 18, 2016, at 12:02 AM, Eric Kuhnke <[email protected]> wrote: I just checked the price for 100G optics (via four Chinese sources) and they have dropped in price SIGNIFICANTLY in the last 9 months. On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote: > Once upon a time, that was probably said about 10G links. Before then, > about 1G links. Those 1G ports are expensive you know. > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Paul Stewart <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Had a demo of that platform a month or so ago .. wasn’t public obviously >> - pretty impressive but a lot jammed into a “small package” … tough sell >> for folks who need that kind of density, personal opinion is to keep things >> more “spread out” on 100G links reducing areas of risk, but I digress as >> that’s more design/resiliency related :) >> >> >> On Jun 16, 2016, at 5:25 PM, Mike Hammett <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Don't worry, no one has. First public pictures. >> >> https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp/posts/910364895755630 >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> >> <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> >> <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> >> Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> >> <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> >> <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> >> The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> >> <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> >> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> >> >> >> >
