Link core
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link core
Description
link core
Key Value Proposition
1
Eliminates the capital investment risk of the metro network model.
2
No heavy upfront capital or operating costs to lease Dark Fibre in the metro core.
3
Distance is no longer a factor in the ‘Price’ to the end user.
4
Scalable to access demand.
5
No impact on Layer-3 and other Over The Top (OTT) revenues to the Service Provider
link core
Technical Parameters
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Demarcation
Demarcated by the Inside Plant Fibre Distribution Point (FDP) connector in the Link Africa Core network aggregation POP at each end of the link.
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Client Interface
Fibre splice / Connector specification: as defined by the Customer (Default: LC or SC PC.APC)
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Specification
ITU-T G.652.D or G657a2
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Monitoring
Fibre cable will be monitored across the Link Africa Core Network and any connected Access Ring. Isolated Island networks may not be monitored.
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Service Naming
Link A-B xxxx where ‘A’ and ‘B’ are the codes of each end of the link and xxx is a numeric code.