These guys claim upto 180km: http://www.bookham.com/datasheets/transceivers/IGP-28111.cfm
Tim:> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Fletcher Kittredge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Thanks to all that replied. A bit more background: By regulation, the > local ILEC is required to supply us with dark fiber where available. They > have taken the regulatory stance that it is not technically possible to use > dark fiber runs of more than 60 miles (prior, their regulatory stance was > runs of more than twenty miles were not technically feasible.) Our > counter-argument has been that we have existing fiber runs of 63 miles and > 59 miles that work well without special equipment. We are now arguing > about a particular fiber run in rural Maine of about 91 miles. Our > position is it is technically feasible, depending on fiber characteristics, > to light 91 miles of fiber. Their position is that runs of more than 60 > miles are not feasible. I was hoping to bolster our argument by pointing > to data sheets of optical transcievers rated up to 150 km. Then, after we > get the fiber, I was hoping to buy said equipment. > > regards, > Fletcher > > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Fletcher Kittredge > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > We are looking to light a two strand fiber link of about 95 miles (or > > 150km). It would be worth a lot to us not to have repeaters. We are > > hoping for Gigabit Ethernet. Sonet is possible but a less attractive > > solution. Are there options for this sort of distance? The longest > > current link we have is about 65 miles. I understand the transmission > > characteristics of the fiber will effect distance of transmission. > > > > regards, > > Fletcher > > > > -- > > Fletcher Kittredge > > GWI > > 8 Pomerleau Street > > Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 > > 207-602-1134 > > > > > > -- > Fletcher Kittredge > GWI > 8 Pomerleau Street > Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 > 207-602-1134 >
