To: pat mudge who wrote (1261 ) 5/3/2000 3:02:00 PM From: Lee Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 3951
Hi Pat,..Re:.comparisons look familiar? Yep! <g> Looked up HLIT, DIGL, NEWP and SCMR but their products are lots different from SDLI, JDSU and ETEK. When I looked them up several months ago, I think I eliminated them from our lists because it was too difficult to make comparisons on such different products. (for me anyway!) However, I was interested in NEWP for a buy but the float is very small and the swings in price were kind of dizzying! <gg> It's mostly an instrument company and I still like it but just watch.<g> Product links if you're interested. ************************************************************harmonicinc.com The METROLink? product line is a full family of 1550 nm transmitters, gain flattened optical amplifiers, and passive optical devices that enable operators to provide narrowcast services directly from the headend using a Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexed (DWDM) architecture.lightwave.com Digital Lightwave© (NASDAQ: DIGL) provides the fiber optic networking industry-the backbone of the Internet-with products and technology that monitor, maintain and manage fiber-based voice, data and multimedia communication networks. newport.com newport.com sycamorenet.com The SN 16000 delivers true end-to-end high-speed wave services through the automated provisioning, routing, and restoration of lightpaths. Advanced Optical Architecture State-of-the-art VCSEL (Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting Laser) technology is used to interconnect the Switch Fabric Shelf with the Port Card Shelf as well as interconnect card to card within a shelf. This all-optical backplane provides the vehicle to easily migrate to all-optical switching. It also provides fully redundant paths between each chassis within one SN 16000 node. *********************************************************** I think we're more into the heavy duty stuff! <g> Also, in reading about SCMR, it's hard to tell how much of their business is hardware and how much is software. Generally it's necessary for a prospect to have product specifications so I can understand exactly what they are trying to sell. <g> Happy with our choices, Lee