Third Party OLT Optics

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

What is the vendor-lock scene like in the world of OLT optics? Is it as bad as Ethernet optics? If it exists, is there 
actually a good reason for it (other than money)? 


Have any of you tried third-party optics in Zhone gear? 

Have any of you tried FS OLT optics in anything but ZTE and Huawei? 




FS says their optics only work in ZTE\Huawei, but their own customer reviews have at least one other person saying it 
worked fine in their Zhone device. 






I'm sure I'll get people saying that for something so important, one should only deploy first-party optics, regardless 
of the cost. Zhone's pricing isn't bad at all.... but if there's effectively no difference, then you might as well buy 
the cheaper one. 








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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
http://www.ics-il.com 

Midwest-IX 
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