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Re: Used (SONET) equipment sources/lists?

  • From: Lamar Owen
  • Date: Sat Oct 04 12:54:17 2008 
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.