Comment by nixgeek
3 years ago
You can shoot light over SM at distances up to 200km (several important caveats at this distance) and it’s very usual to see spans of between 50-80km.
3 years ago
You can shoot light over SM at distances up to 200km (several important caveats at this distance) and it’s very usual to see spans of between 50-80km.
Looking further you can get a UFiber OLT Terminal for $1,799 that can run 20km and support 1024 clients or 128 ONU CPEs per port.
How much would a 200km switch run?
At this distance you would want a good repeater at about half point instead. Don't forget that data has to travel back and other side might not have such a strong signal
The switch does not care what kind of optics you use. You can use a $50 switch is you like.
The 200 km optics, however, cost about a grand each.