SFP supplier in Europe?
Hello NANOG, Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally. Jared
Flexoptix may be an option; they're Germany. Even US shipping is typically two day. On 4/4/19, 4:10 PM, "NANOG on behalf of nanog-isp@mail.com" <nanog-bounces@nanog.org on behalf of nanog-isp@mail.com> wrote: Hello NANOG, Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally. Jared
Can't reccomend Flexoptix[1] enough. Great service, fast shipping, and you only need to maintain one stock of optics even if you use kit from different vendors. FS.com are the go-to for bulk purchases of pre-coded optics on a budget: a few more cot deaths than most, but they're cheap and in my experience work reliably enough. [1] https://www.flexoptix.net/en/ ~a
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too! On 4 April 2019 23:09:15 EEST, nanog-isp@mail.com wrote: Hello NANOG, Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally. Jared -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
May want to try fs.com. https://www.fs.com/company/about_us.html I use their optics and am quite happy with them. -Mike
On Apr 4, 2019, at 13:19, i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt@i3d.net> wrote:
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too!
On 4 April 2019 23:09:15 EEST, nanog-isp@mail.com wrote: Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
Jared
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fs.com for sure On April 4, 2019 4:38:07 PM EDT, mike.lyon@gmail.com wrote:
May want to try fs.com.
https://www.fs.com/company/about_us.html
I use their optics and am quite happy with them.
-Mike
On Apr 4, 2019, at 13:19, i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt@i3d.net> wrote:
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too!
On 4 April 2019 23:09:15 EEST, nanog-isp@mail.com wrote: Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
Jared
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Frederick Wessling (CIO) Succinct Systems LLC Cell: +1(561) 571-2799 Office: +1(904) 758-9915 ext. 9925 Fax: +1(904) 758-9987 www.SuccinctSystems.com
Thanks to everybody that recommended Fiberstore and Flexoptics. Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia and lead times are one to two weeks. Flexoptics is actually worse with 4-6 weeks after ordering. Jared
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2019 From: fwessling@succinctsystems.com To: nanog@nanog.org, mike.lyon@gmail.com, "i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt" <martijnschmidt@i3d.net> Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>, "nanog-isp@mail.com" <nanog-isp@mail.com> Subject: Re: SFP supplier in Europe?
fs.com for sure
On April 4, 2019 4:38:07 PM EDT, mike.lyon@gmail.com wrote:
May want to try fs.com.
https://www.fs.com/company/about_us.html
I use their optics and am quite happy with them.
-Mike
On Apr 4, 2019, at 13:19, i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt@i3d.net> wrote:
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too!
On 4 April 2019 23:09:15 EEST, nanog-isp@mail.com wrote: Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
Jared
-- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
Frederick Wessling (CIO) Succinct Systems LLC Cell: +1(561) 571-2799 Office: +1(904) 758-9915 ext. 9925 Fax: +1(904) 758-9987 www.SuccinctSystems.com
That's weird, I've never had to wait for a Flexoptix order: Are you ordering pre-coded or are you coding them yourselves. Actually, I don't remember having to wait very long the last time I ordered a bunch of fs.com optics. ~a
On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 21:52, <nanog-isp@mail.com> wrote:
Thanks to everybody that recommended Fiberstore and Flexoptics.
Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia and lead times are one to two weeks. Flexoptics is actually worse with 4-6 weeks after ordering.
That's not been my experience with either of them. Aled
I'm just quoting what they state on their web pages. Not all models are in stock at their EU warehouses. Jared Sent: Friday, April 05, 2019 From: "Aled Morris" <aled.w.morris@googlemail.com> To: nanog-isp@mail.com Cc: fwessling@succinctsystems.com, NANOG <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: Re: SFP supplier in Europe? On Thu, 4 Apr 2019 at 21:52, <nanog-isp@mail.com[mailto:nanog-isp@mail.com]> wrote: Thanks to everybody that recommended Fiberstore and Flexoptics. Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia and lead times are one to two weeks. Flexoptics is actually worse with 4-6 weeks after ordering. That's not been my experience with either of them. Aled
nanog-isp@mail.com writes:
Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia
Odd. They have lots of different BiDi SFFs "in Stock, EU Warehouse" according to https://www.fs.com/de-en/c/bidi-sfp-89
and lead times are one to two weeks.
My experience is that they ship a lot faster than that from Asia too, but I guess I've just been lucky. Bjørn
Only short haul is in stock. Jared
Sent: Friday, April 05, 2019 From: "Bjørn Mork" <bjorn@mork.no> To: nanog-isp@mail.com Cc: fwessling@succinctsystems.com, nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: SFP supplier in Europe?
nanog-isp@mail.com writes:
Unfortunately Fiberstore is what led me to ask about alternative suppliers. Fiberstore actually ships in their Bidi SFPs from Asia
Odd. They have lots of different BiDi SFFs "in Stock, EU Warehouse" according to https://www.fs.com/de-en/c/bidi-sfp-89
and lead times are one to two weeks.
My experience is that they ship a lot faster than that from Asia too, but I guess I've just been lucky.
Bjørn
Am 04.04.2019 um 22:19 schrieb i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt@i3d.net>:
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too!
+1 Best regards, Daniel -- Daniel Melzer Chief Network Architect ------------------------- DE-CIX Management GmbH Lindleystr. 12, 60314 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) mobile +49-173-3683197 e-mail daniel.melzer@de-cix.net web www.de-cix.net ------------------------- DE-CIX Management GmbH Executive Directors: Harald A. Summa and Sebastian Seifert Trade registry: District court (Amtsgericht) Cologne, HRB 51135 Registered office: Lichtstr. 43i, 50825 Cologne
Same, they’ve been great for me, even when I dropped in on them unexpectedly when I needed an optic in Frankfurt.. Ashley
On Apr 4, 2019, at 1:51 PM, Daniel Melzer <daniel.melzer@de-cix.net> wrote:
Am 04.04.2019 um 22:19 schrieb i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt <martijnschmidt@i3d.net>:
You'll want to have a talk with FlexOptix, they're based in Germany and you can live view the stock in their local warehouse on the website, without even logging in. They've got a great team too!
+1
Best regards, Daniel
-- Daniel Melzer Chief Network Architect ------------------------- DE-CIX Management GmbH Lindleystr. 12, 60314 Frankfurt am Main (Germany) mobile +49-173-3683197 e-mail daniel.melzer@de-cix.net web www.de-cix.net ------------------------- DE-CIX Management GmbH Executive Directors: Harald A. Summa and Sebastian Seifert Trade registry: District court (Amtsgericht) Cologne, HRB 51135 Registered office: Lichtstr. 43i, 50825 Cologne
I highly recommends https://www.alturnanetworks.com/ They sell solid optics, all are tested Quick shipping, competitive price I have never been even remotely disappointed with those guys On 04/04/2019 10:09 PM, nanog-isp@mail.com wrote:
Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
Jared
On Thu, Apr 4, 2019, at 22:42, nanog@jack.fr.eu.org wrote:
I highly recommends https://www.alturnanetworks.com/
They sell solid optics, all are tested Quick shipping, competitive price
I have never been even remotely disappointed with those guys
+1 They ship from the Netherlands, and delivery for France is 1-2 days (because we usually send them orders after 17h00 CET/CEST).
Subject: SFP supplier in Europe? Date: Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 10:09:15PM +0200 Quoting nanog-isp@mail.com (nanog-isp@mail.com):
Hello NANOG,
Could somebody recommend an SFP supplier in Europe with a warehouse in the EU and fast shipping? I need to pick up some 80km Bidi SFPs and I'd prefer to use a supplier has and will keep stock locally.
With the caveats discussed in the thread taken into consideration, I'd pitch in that both FS and FlexOptix have proven useful to me. Flex got me a very specific coding (Siemens SDH gear compatible) in no time, and FS are -- for stocked items -- hard to beat on price and shipping time. Both being inside EU means zero hassle with customs which is important. (Poor Brits, what have they done to themselves?) -- Måns Nilsson primary/secondary/besserwisser/machina MN-1334-RIPE SA0XLR +46 705 989668 Are we on STRIKE yet?
participants (13)
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Aled Morris -
Alfie Pates -
Ashley Kitto -
Bjørn Mork -
Daniel Melzer -
David Hubbard -
fwessling＠succinctsystems.com -
i3D.net - Martijn Schmidt -
mike.lyon＠gmail.com -
Måns Nilsson -
nanog-isp＠mail.com -
nanog＠jack.fr.eu.org -
Radu-Adrian Feurdean