On 20 February 2014 22:52, Leslie-Alexandre DENIS <[email protected]>wrote:
> Le 20/02/2014 18:48, Stephen Wilcox a écrit : > > "customer site" - so you want something with good management, reliable, >> self contained in a single chassis, plus the vendor support and NMS. And >> these things require at least 2 sites or you don't have a working system. >> >> So yes, I think £50-100k is a good range. >> >> Steve >> >> >> Hi, > > DWDM within the classic optical range for about 8 waves is far away from > what you said. > No - he specifically said "customer site" and I assume is looking for a fully managed integrated solution from a vendor with proper support and management based on the way the question was set. I also assume he needs to face the waves to the customer equipment and passive-only isn't an option. If thats not the case and he does it your way its going to cost less, of course. But I personally wouldn't provide CPE with passive, multiple components, etc .. I'd want a single integrated unit with inline and oob management. Steve For a passive mux/demux made by a well known brand, it's about 1.5K-2K EURO > per mux with 16 Channels. After that it depends on your optical topoly, if > you will use bi-directionnal or dual uplink fiber. > Passive mux are used all over the world to interconnect datacenters for > example, the capability to reach points is made by your optical modules, > SFP+ XFP... And it costs ~800 EURO for an OEM 40Km/10Gbps. > Nowadays SFP+ can reach 120Km with good speed and accuracy, depending on > your optical line budget obviously (dB). > > Another point, transponder and active solution are really more expensive > than passive one. > However it provides more control on waves and monitoring, but you need to > know how to manage that typical product. > > Hope it helps > > (Sorry for my english, I'm french) > > -- Director / Founder IX Reach Ltd E: [email protected] M: +44 7966 048633 Tempus Court, Bellfield Road, High Wycombe, HP13 5HA, UK.
