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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FS has been good here too. I think we’ve had one GLC-T and one 80km 8Gbps FC SFP fail out of 1000+ SFPs/AOCs/DACs that we’ve ordered. We used to order a spare for each model and DWDM colour we ordered
 but we mostly don’t bother with that now, since the Melbourne warehouse was setup and reliability has been high.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Their sales people are really helpful too and respond quickly. They get techs involved for anything they can’t answer themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Cheers,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Scott.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> AusNOG <ausnog-bounces@lists.ausnog.net>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alex Voigt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 17 August 2021 10:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shane Fletcher <shane.fletcher@gmail.com><br>
<b>Cc:</b> AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Transceiver for dark fiber.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Thanks all</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">FS certainly pops up top of Google Foo good SOE.
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Will give them a go with the 40km units. Cheap really compared to the service cost. Good to hear some positive reports.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:EN-US">AV</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Shane Fletcher <<a href="mailto:shane.fletcher@gmail.com">shane.fletcher@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 17 August 2021 9:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alex Voigt <<a href="mailto:alex@advtech.com.au">alex@advtech.com.au</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net">AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AusNOG] Transceiver for dark fiber.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Alex,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've used plenty of FS.com transceivers.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a 1G link, you might get away with a 10km optic, but better chances with <a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.com%2Fau%2Fproducts%2F48929.html&data=04%7C01%7Cscott.mcinness%40datacom.com.au%7C5f871030a8a1402e0e5108d9611c00ed%7C866c7a4c8a594bd3ad9f8512a581efc0%7C0%7C0%7C637647595191458091%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=gvZJfxraCtDBTMFjPT%2F5J6%2FS5%2B%2BV8011jGgZvFKUzWI%3D&reserved=0">https://www.fs.com/au/products/48929.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For a 10G link, again you might get away with a 10km, but a 40km doesn't cost much more - <a href="https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.com%2Fau%2Fproducts%2F48813.html&data=04%7C01%7Cscott.mcinness%40datacom.com.au%7C5f871030a8a1402e0e5108d9611c00ed%7C866c7a4c8a594bd3ad9f8512a581efc0%7C0%7C0%7C637647595191468083%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=udYQevOMrkdAzzTHjMraeRTfSPxw9pZkHN39Ft3GHcA%3D&reserved=0">https://www.fs.com/au/products/48813.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shane<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 10:29 AM Alex Voigt <<a href="mailto:alex@advtech.com.au">alex@advtech.com.au</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Looking for recommendations for a SFP type Transceiver for 11km dark fibre Vocus service.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Anyone has any recommendations for what they have used successfully.
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