Regis, I re-read this article several times, and perhaps I was too quick to make some of my points, although the very need to re-visit the release is evidence enough that MRVC, for their own sake, have a need to be clearer on how they present themselves. For the sake of fairness and to cover my own end where I may have been too quick the first time around, I offer the following observations with noted qualifications:
MRV does make mention, for instance, that there is the capability to support four wavelengths of GE carrying traffic. Is this primarily intended as a carrier administered service, or one that end users possess when they own the glass? In other words, who is the intended direct customer for this equipment? If it's the carrier, then there are TMN (Telecommunications Management Network) and NEBS compliance issues, for example. And if it is the end user organization, then there may be a need to emphasize the SNMP and CPE end of things.
Also, they mention the ability to support multiple traditional high speed OC-"n" rates of SONET as the intended future capability that I previously stated was unclear. While this is not exactly earth-shattering new, i.e., it does not add anything to the state of the art, as the release would like to project, it at least, in all fairness, does make the statement that I said previously was missing. It just didn't rock my boat sufficiently when I read it the first time for me to consider it as 'news.'
A fellow poster here on SI has informed me that they have forwarded my observations to the company, and I am awaiting their reply. I will keep you posted.
Regards, Frank Coluccio |
