On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 9:25 PM, Forrest W. Christian <fwc@mt.net> wrote:

I'm hoping someone can point me towards a reseller which specializes in this type of stuff, or another source I've overlooked.

I'm going to (slightly) hijack this by saying: if anyone knows of a reseller that specializes in used/aftermarket DWDM gear, I'd love to know.

Forrest W. Christian wrote:

I'm switching one end of a PtP DS3 to a location which only has fiber to the carrier. As a result, I'm really in need of a Fujitsu FlashWave 4010 or equivalent which can take a sonet-framed OC3 from a carrier and break it out into individual DS3's.

So far, my normal sources of used equipment have come up dry - but most of them really only deal with data networking (cisco) stuff, so it's a bit out of their league. A long time ago (you know, like 100 internet years ago), I used to post these type of needs to misc.forsale.computers.net-hardware with good results, but that doesn't look very useful anymore.

Take a look at Adtran's OPTI-3 or more scalable OPTI-6100 series products. I have no idea why Adtran has mile-long URLs, so here goes: http://tinyurl.com/3gt54w http://tinyurl.com/2z3yeg Some used gear out there but not a lot. The right wholesaler can give you a pretty good discount on the new stuff. We've had excellent results with Adtran equipment. Note that this gear as well as TTBOMK the Fujitsu is native 48VDC power, so figure in a power supply if you're in an AC environment. Adtran sells compatible power supplies if needed. -- Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - jay@impulse.net Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV

On Friday 03 October 2008 00:25:28 Forrest W. Christian wrote:

I'm hoping someone can point me towards a reseller which specializes in this type of stuff, or another source I've overlooked.

Fujitsu FLM-150 gear is cheap, and available on the used market. In just a quick look, a company called Bell Enterprise has a lot of that stuff. www.bell-enterprise.com

Of course, if someone would like to tell me a easier/different (but still reasonably inexpensive) way to break apart a SONET OC3 such that a far end DS3 can be connected to something like a PA-A3-T3 or a PA-T3 that would work too.

Don't know about easier or different, but the FLM-150, while old, is available.