Re: Routed optical networks

[Jared Brown <nanog-isp () mail com>]

On 5/5/23, Mark Tinka wrote:

> Juxtapose that against 100Gbps pricing:
>
>  * EUR473 @ 10km.
>  * EUR1,300 @ 25km.
>  * EUR1,500 @ 30km.
>  * EUR2,600 @ 40km.
>  * EUR3,925 @ 80km.

You can get 100G optics for less than half those prices.

For reference, here are publicly listed prices for optics from an European vendor I have in production:

100G 4WDM & CLR4 QSFP28
* 10 km
* 225€
100GBASE-LR4 & OTU4 & 128GFC QSFP28
* 20km 
*305€
100GBASE-ER4 Lite & OTU4 & 128GFC QSFP28 
* 40 km 
* 1030€
100GBASE-ZR4 QSFP28
* 80 km
* 1650€
100GBASE-ZR4+ QSFP28
* 100 km 
* 2100€

These prices are for single units without discounts. 


- Jared