On 22/Apr/16 09:27, Ulrik Ivers wrote:
> Hi, > > Maybe slightly off topic - but any input appreciated. > > We are planning an upgrade of a Metro-network we are in charge of. Today we > hand off 100Mb, we are moving to Gig interfaces. In the access network it's > mostly fiber cabling all the way to the customer premises, no more than a few > 100 meters as most. In most cases we need to hand of with 10/100/1000TX since > most customers can't handle raw fiber connection. > > Today we use simple stand-alone unmanaged media converters with > 10/100TX<->100FX interfaces. Nothing fancy at all, just off-the-shelf > products with good enough quality (as usual it's the power supplies that fail > now and then). We've been fairly happy with this solution, works OK for the > network scale and type of business we do. > > Do any of you have any recommendations or experiences (good or bad) of a > supplier/brand/model of standalone media converters (or other means of a > customer placed equipment converting fiber to 10/100/1000TX), that meets the > following criteria: > > 1. (10/)100/1000TX on copper side > > 2. Choice of fiber interfaces (LX, SX, single strand BiDi) > > a. Fixed or SFP based > > 3. "Good enough" quality > > 4. Price less then $100-$110 ($80-$90 if SFP based) If you have the right amount of scale to command a good discount, the Cisco ME1200 is a nice little NID that can do all of this and more. Mark. _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
