We’re excited to announce that the IAA Member Portal now allows you to order 100G LR1 optical transceivers across any 100Gbps enabled site. 100GBASE-LR1 is the successor to 100GBASE-LR4 as it uses a single laser rather than four lasers to achieve 100Gbps, reducing the complexity for less failures as well as enabling cost savings.
100G LR1 is now our default preferred optic type in the portal when you order a 100Gbps service with 100G LR4 still an option for now. In addition to the benefits of 100G LR for our Members, the biggest benefit to us is that we can use a 400G PLR4 optic to break a QSFP-DD switch port out into four 100Gbps ports for Members, significantly increasing the density we can get out of our modern switches to keep your packets as close as possible to your neighbours.
To assist Members with this change, we’re currently offering a complimentary FLEXOPTIX QSFP28 LR1 transceiver with new 100Gbps ports coded for your preferred vendor. To arrange this, please email support@internet.asn.au with your order ID, shipping address and vendor details of the device the transceiver will be used in.
