[c-nsp] Cisco ONS experience

[Justin M. Streiner]

On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Kim Onnel wrote:

> We're a mid sized ISP, surprisingly we havent heard of ONS and similar
> devices until recently, the quick intro we were given is that it will
> connect different medias to overcome WAN problems, example, connect two
> ethernet interfaces through WAN with ATM uplink,

We have 4 ONS 15454s deployed on our campus backbone providing a SONET 
ring between two of our key facilities and two gig-e data paths between 
same, and they work with no problems for us.  We don't have to touch them 
very often, but I haven't heard of problems in environments where changes 
are made more frequently.

The 15454 has been around for a long time and the ONS line has been in 
Cisco's portfolio since they acquired Cerent in 1999.

I don't have experience with competing products, so I can't provide any
feedback on that.

jms