> I seem to recall a large academic network having saved over a million pounds > by > using MMF optics purely for links between their packet and optical platforms > that would typically be in adjacent racks, although that may have been a few > years ago and suffering early adopter pricing for wanting the highest capacity > interface on the market at that point :)
This was largely the difference in price between ~112 100GBASE-LR4 CFP pluggables and the same number of 100GBASE-SR10 ones and couldn’t support 10x10MSA. The price difference is still substantial, but we’re not sticking with SR10s on new installs. Rob
