It’s one of those things that makes a lot more sense on paper than in practice. I’ve found it to be operationally difficult from the perspective the provider and the user, primarily but not solely because any “co-managed” system is going to lend itself to finger pointing when issues arise. Even if it makes more commercial sense at first blush to prefer a spectrum solution over dark or traditional waves, I suspect that factoring in “labor cost wasted over unproductive troubleshooting” changes the equation a bit. I also suspect that continued price compression on optical hardware will lead to fewer and fewer situations where it might make commercial sense at first blush too.
YMMV of course and there may be reasons beyond simple commercial models where spectrum might make sense for you, but I’d urge you to only consider it doing with a provider where you’ve had a track record of operational success working with them. Dave Cohen craetd...@gmail.com > On May 12, 2024, at 2:17 PM, Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > > What are your experiences with alien waves, managed spectrum, spectrum as a > service, etc? > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com
