Optical communications equipment for optical signal management, signal processing, integrated packet processing, fiber optic signal conditioning and management, namely, optical transmitters, optical receivers, optical dispersion conditioners, optical multiplexers, optical amplifiers, optical translators, optical line cards, optical transponders, muxponders, ethernet services modules, dispersion compensation, Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) transmitters and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) transmitters; optical networking systems comprised of optical transmitters and optical receivers for communicating digital and analog signals over a fiber optic link; optical network management and administration equipment, namely, computers, computer software for optical and packet network management and administration, fault management, configuration management, providing service and service activation, providing network monitoring and providing and controlling network software parameters; carrier ethernet communications equipment, namely, carrier ethernet access devices, namely, access points that connect wired and wireless networks and carrier ethernet switches; equipment for carrier ethernet access and metro networking capability for service providers, namely, optical and electrical transceivers, packet switches for packet processing, switching, encapsulation, quality of service monitoring, class of service enforcement, and carrier ethernet fault and service management