Karl, I've bought at least 20k in optics from them in the last 2 years, from QSFP DAC, QSFP to 10g breakouts and everything in between and the only thing to fail was 1 QSFP breakout cable. A partner of ours uses their DWDM optics and passive MUXs while I've used their CWDM with no issues.
Luke Guillory Network Operations Manager Tel: 985.536.1212 Fax: 985.536.0300 Email: lguill...@reservetele.com Reserve Telecommunications 100 RTC Dr Reserve, LA 70084 _________________________________________________________________________________________________ Disclaimer: The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material which should not disseminate, distribute or be copied. Please notify Luke Guillory immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. Luke Guillory therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. . -----Original Message----- From: NANOG [mailto:nanog-boun...@nanog.org] On Behalf Of Karl Gerhard Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 9:17 AM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: DWDM Optics cheaper than CWDM Optics? Hello, fs.com offers DWDM optics that are cheaper than CWDM optics: CWDM 80km 10G for 600$ http://www.fs.com/c/cisco-cwdm-sfp-plus-2425?70-80km DWDM 80km 10G for 420$ http://www.fs.com/c/cisco-dwdm-sfp-plus-2485?70-80km This is significant. Is this for real? Has anybody bought their DWDM optics? Going with DWDM and passive Mux/Demux seems to be cheaper nowadays than going with CWDM. Regards Karl
