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Where can you get CWDM GBIC's for under 400. Most vendors charge 5-10x that price. Scott C. McGrath On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Vincent J. Bono wrote: > > Thanks for all the links and help! > > The issue is cost and space, and all the products that will work seem to > cost upwards of $3,000 and do a lot more than we need or take up a few rack > units of space. I am probably going to build a small circuit to handle > connecting two GBICs back to back. The pinout from molex was readily > available and we can get CWDM GBICs these days for $400 or less and more > normal frequencies for sub $150. > > Anyway, anyone who is interested in the final product send me email off-list > and I'll keep you posted. > > -vb > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mikael Abrahamsson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: Gigabit Media Converter > > > > > > On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Stephen J. Wilcox wrote: > > > > > Sounds like you need a singlemode-multimode convertor, available from > various > > > places, cost around $600 > > > > Highly unlikely that it'll do CWDM, at least at that price. > > > > Transmode (www.transmode.se) does converters to order, they'll fix things > > that'll do pretty much any to any (850 / 1310 / (1490-1610) in any > > combination) including 3R and management (which implies that you need > > ethernet onsite which might be tricky). > > > > I'd believe they're more in the $3k-$5k range with CWDM optics though. If > > you need OC48 that'll hike the price up even more. > > > > -- > > Mikael Abrahamsson email: [email protected] > > >
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