-----Original Message----- From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu] On Behalf Of David Diaz Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 5:24 PM To: nanog@merit.edu Subject: Re: DWDM interconnects
Actually I forgot to mention. Since we have different frequencies for the lasers, you and your peer would have to agree ahead of time and stock that particular frequency or "color." IT's a major stocking nightmare especially for spares. The real explosion may occur as tunable lasers drop in price that can allow 8 or more different frequencies.
there are nifty boxes out (have been for 8 months or so) that do wavelength conversion. so the box-operator in the middle handles the wavelength map, and users on each end can all use the same lasers (colors). they were expensive at the time I looked but I would think prices would have come down. but yes, cheap tunables would be great. -b