Re: fs.com dwdm equipment

["Anderson, Charles R" <cra () wpi edu>]

I concur.  I have also used CWDM and DWDM optics and they are fine.  I have had one QSFP+ optic go bad.

On Mon, Feb 18, 2019 at 07:47:10PM +0000, Brian R wrote:
> Samir,
>
> I have purchased over a thousand SFPs from Fiber Store.  I can recall less than 5 having problems when we received 
> them (not all even DOA) and I know less than 10 dead even after deployment.  Some we have ad running for 4+ years.  
> We have done very little with their SFP+ equipment, really only testing and a few lower priority links.
> The only downside to the SFPs that we found was the variance of power.  Say an Adtran, Cisco, Juniper, HP SFP is 
> rated from -3dB to -8 db (all units I have used them with), the equivalent FS direct SFP we have seen as hot as 3dB 
> and as weak as -15dB.  These extremes are fairly rare but we have still seen them.
> Distribution (approximate):
> 80% SM single fiber SFPs (mostly 10km - 40km, some 60km & 80km)
> 7% 1Gb Copper
> 5% MM SFPs
> 5% SM dual fiber SFPs
> 3% others (SFP+, GPON, testing, etc)
>
> I have not used them for any DWDM applications and only used them a few times on an older CWDM link that used 
> standard SFPs into a MUX.  This was not over great distances (less than 40 miles).  With WDM SFP power consistency 
> was important so we did not play much with it, granted most of the SFPs I am purchasing are in the $10-$25 range so 
> take the extremes with a grain of salt.
>
> Their sales has always been very responsive and helpful.  The support/engineering, the few times I worked with them, 
> were helpful but the language barrier was harder here.
>
> Brian
>
> ________________________________
> From: NANOG <nanog-bounces () nanog org> on behalf of Samir Rana <samir.rana () cybera ca>
> Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2019 12:42 PM
> To: nanog () nanog org
> Subject: fs.com dwdm equipment
>
> Hello All,
>
> Does anybody have experience with fs.com<http://fs.com dwdm equipment in their production environment? Are you they 
> working without any issue? How's their warranty support if the issue arises?
>
> Thanks in advance for all the answers and help.