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Positron Fiber Systems, Inc. has introduced an inexpensive OC-3 SONET multiplexer that would fit into large user or carrier nets.
The company is positioning the mux, called Osiris-Micro and priced at almost $10,000, as a way to open up campus and metropolitan-area nets to public Synchronous Optical Network services, replacing complicated point-to-point meshed links.
Deployed on dual optical fiber rings, SONET standards enable multivendor interworking and support new broadband technologies, including Asynchronous Transfer Mode.
The company also touted Osiris-Micro's small size as a feature net managers might find attractive. It measures 7 by 8-3/4 by 10 inches and can be mounted in a cabinet, or on a wall or table.
"Small and cheap...