[nsp] multiple port monitoring - switch sought

[Robert E. Seastrom]

Peter Gutierrez <peterg at nic.umass.edu> writes:

> You may want to investigate using a fiber tap/coupler/splitter instead 
> of a switch. Running ZX over a 30 Km span should leave a hot signal, 
> capable of being split. We use a Fiberdyne Labs. box to split our 
> outgoing feed (not ZX) in two, and they have up to six way splits, I 
> think. They have a full catalog of those and similar devices that may 
> meet your requirements. There are other vendors of similar equipment.

Fiberdyne has (in the past) annoyed my by accepting my order for
attenuators, accepting my request for them to be shipped overnight,
and then, a week later when I called asking where my @#$^# product
was, telling me that it was going to be another week yet before they
were ready, as they were backordered.

I have had no such problems with Netoptics.  They rock.
www.netoptics.com

No connection with either company except as a dis / satisfied customer.

                                        ---Rob