Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-15 Thread Paul Stewart
thanks for that… their name sounded familiar and now I know where from – AMS-IX peering exchange… Thanks, Paul From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Roger Timmerman Sent: August 15, 2016 12:07 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear We have been using

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-15 Thread Roger Timmerman
help as always .. Josh for your comments... > appreciate it... > > Paul > > > -Original Message- > From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds > Sent: August 14, 2016 3:02 PM > To: af@afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear > >

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stewart
Cool .. very cool .. Thanks Faisal for your help as always .. Josh for your comments... appreciate it... Paul -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Josh Reynolds Sent: August 14, 2016 3:02 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear The

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2016-08-14 Thread Josh Reynolds
t, don't forget to buy a Light Meter, it does not have to be > anything fancy even a cheap one ($50) is good enough for deployment purposes, > since you can get relative information from it. > > Regards. > > Faisal Imtiaz > Snappy Internet & Telecom > 7266 SW 48 Stree

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2016-08-14 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
ormation from it. Regards. Faisal Imtiaz Snappy Internet & Telecom 7266 SW 48 Street Miami, FL 33155 Tel: 305 663 5518 x 232 Help-desk: (305)663-5518 Option 2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net - Original Message - > From: "Paul Stewart" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Su

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stewart
ur own" approach ... with savings expected it makes it easier to look at sparing etc too Paul -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: August 14, 2016 1:04 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear I just want to drill dow

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2016-08-14 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
2 or Email: supp...@snappytelecom.net - Original Message - > From: "Paul Stewart" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 12:32:57 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear > Thanks for that > > We want something managed and can be monitored ...

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2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stewart
ehalf Of Faisal Imtiaz Sent: August 14, 2016 11:16 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear Technically speaking, there is no magic to CWDM or DWDM solution You can go with a 'canned' solution from folks such as Ciena/Cisco/etc etc etc or you can create your own with th

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Paul Stewart
Active is what I'm thinking .. -Original Message- From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson Sent: August 14, 2016 10:52 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear Are you looking for active or passive? We just replaced a failing Ciena Mux with

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Faisal Imtiaz
iginal Message - > From: "Justin Wilson" > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 10:52:02 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear > Are you looking for active or passive? > > We just replaced a failing Ciena Mux with an 18 channel passive mux for a data &

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Justin Wilson
Are you looking for active or passive? We just replaced a failing Ciena Mux with an 18 channel passive mux for a data center client. Ours was CWDM, but they make a DWDM version. Total cost was under 5 grand, including spares. Ciena wanted 24k to update the service contract, update software,

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Colin Stanners
Apparently that's now BluePlanet, a division of Ciena. On Aug 14, 2016 7:41 AM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > I have always used Cyan. > > -Original Message- From: Paul Stewart > Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 7:30 AM > To: Animal Farm > Subject: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear > > For those folks doing DWDM

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear

2016-08-14 Thread Chuck McCown
I have always used Cyan. -Original Message- From: Paul Stewart Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2016 7:30 AM To: Animal Farm Subject: [AFMUG] DWDM Gear For those folks doing DWDM on fiber, whats your preferred equipment and why? We currently use BTI equipment which works extremely well but it