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Re: 100G over 100 km of dark fiber


From: "Dale W. Carder" <dwcarder () es net>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:33:58 -0500


You may also find that 100G PAM4 could work.  There are some vendors that
sell the optic, and an outboard EDFA + DCF pizza box.

Dale

Thus spake Tarko Tikan (tarko () lanparty ee) on Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 04:25:58PM +0200:
hey,

I need to push 100G over 100 km of dark fiber. Since there are no 100G pluggable optics with this reach (~25 dB), I 
have been offered coherent transport systems to solve my problem. This is all good and well, except total system 
costs start from high five figures.

100G-ZR4 QSFP28 is on the market and works. Just watch out for power
limitations, your typical DC switch might not support it but proper stuff
has no problems providing 6.5W of power.

-- 
tarko


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