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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:[email protected]] >Sent: Friday, October 10, 2008 1:49 PM >To: Fletcher Kittredge >Cc: [email protected] >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 ><[email protected]>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 >> <[email protected]>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 >>
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