Link connect
link connect
Description
Link Africa Inter-facility connection – Distance limited to an average of 3.5km (LoS) per link (nationally), flat rated Point-to-Point fibre links within a metropolitan area made up of 1 strand or 1 pair of fibre strands aimed at Service Providers requiring short fibre based interconnections between points of aggregation such is in an access aggregation ring.
link connect
Key Value Proposition
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Flat rated lease option.
link connect
Technical Parameters
Demarcation
Demarcated by the Fibre Distribution Point (FDP) at each end of the Link. Terminations must be at a point where Link Africa has access control to the optical fibre termination facility.
Examples are:-
- 1. Link Africa POP facility.
- 2. Link Africa street cabinet facility.
- 3. Link Africa indoor facility.
- 4. Any open access Data Centre facility.
Client Interface
Fibre splice / Connector specification: as defined by the Customer (Default: LC or SC PC.APC). Specification: ITU-T G.652.D or G657a2
Monitoring
Fibre cable will be monitored across the Link Africa Core Network and any connected Access Ring. Isolated Island networks may not be monitored.
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.