Re: Optical fiber question

[Matthew Moyle-Croft <mmc () internode com au>]

On 11/12/2009, at 4:58 AM, Jared Mauch wrote:

> You can reach much further on this, but the optics tend to be more expensive.  If you are going a short distance (eg: 
> 2km or less) multi-mode is the way.  

I can buy LH GigE SFPs for AU$67 each, MM GigE SFPs for AU$61.    AU$6 difference is really noise.

Bring on Vendor equipment with SFP+ optic support for 10G - AU$1199 for 10G-LR SFP+!

($AU = Australian Dollar which is about US 91c)

MMC
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Matthew Moyle-Croft
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Internode /Agile