RE: transceivers/amplifiers for 150 km fiber run

["Tomas L. Byrnes" <tomb () byrneit net>]

http://www.ipitek.com/products/broadband/ethernet.htm

used by Cox and others.

http://www.ipitek.com/products/subsystems/transceivers.htm

Certified to 120Km, you may be able to run it further.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Durack [mailto:tdurack () gmail com]
> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:49 PM
> To: Fletcher Kittredge
> Cc: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: Re: transcievers/amplifiers for 150 km fiber run
>
> These guys claim upto 180km:
>
> http://www.bookham.com/datasheets/transceivers/IGP-28111.cfm
>
> Tim:>
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Fletcher Kittredge
> <fkittred () staff gwi net>wrote:
>
> > Thanks to all that replied.   A bit more background:   By regulation,
> the
> > local ILEC is required to supply us with dark fiber where available.
> They
> > have taken the regulatory stance that it is not technically possible
> to use
> > dark fiber runs of more than 60 miles (prior, their regulatory stance
> was
> > runs of more than twenty miles were not technically feasible.)  Our
> > counter-argument has been that we have existing fiber runs of 63
miles
> and
> > 59 miles that work well without special equipment.   We are now
> arguing
> > about a particular fiber run in rural Maine of about 91 miles.   Our
> > position is it is technically feasible, depending on fiber
> characteristics,
> > to light 91 miles of fiber.  Their position is that runs of more than
> 60
> > miles are not feasible.   I was hoping to bolster our argument by
> pointing
> > to data sheets of optical transcievers rated up to 150 km.  Then,
> after we
> > get the fiber, I was hoping to buy said equipment.
> >
> > regards,
> > Fletcher
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Fletcher Kittredge
> > <fkittred () staff gwi net>wrote:
> >
> > > We are looking to light a two strand fiber link of about 95 miles
> (or
> > > 150km).   It would be worth a lot to us not to have repeaters.   We
> are
> > > hoping for Gigabit Ethernet.   Sonet is possible but a less
> attractive
> > > solution.  Are there options for this sort of distance?   The
> longest
> > > current link we have is about 65 miles.  I understand the
> transmission
> > > characteristics of the fiber will effect distance of transmission.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Fletcher
> > >
> > > --
> > > Fletcher Kittredge
> > > GWI
> > > 8 Pomerleau Street
> > > Biddeford, ME 04005-9457
> > > 207-602-1134
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Fletcher Kittredge
> > GWI
> > 8 Pomerleau Street
> > Biddeford, ME 04005-9457
> > 207-602-1134