re: Metro DWDM: Smaller Is BetterA lot of vendors already have compact metro boxes, ONI and Ciena's Metro One. These companies have run out of ideas and are grasping for customers. And what is with all of these startup companies using MEMS technology. The market sector has proven no one wants this type of switch. How can a customer have performance monitoring with no OEO conversion taking place in the equipment. So how can an all optical switch, actually switch on its own? If someone knows, let me know.
re: Metro DWDM: Smaller Is BetterSo, based on this description, it should still be about three times the footprint of the competition (as opposed to 5/6) when sitting next to Adva FSP2000/Cisco 15200/15540 but will only require a small power station to run......can't see the competition being worried about this. CWDM, on the other hand, .......
re: Metro DWDM: Smaller Is BetterIt is just beginning. The realy players have not actually deployed or done very little deployment so far. What they will deploy as part of their next gen upgrade will include Transpor gear (DWDM), switching gear, VoIP Gateways, High end routers , some service gateways. Depending on what you include in metro space the $ can be in 10's of billions in the next 6-10 years. It is just the beginning.
I wonder who much in lost sales that this 18 month delay cost.
Same old story at Nortel
Rex