Looking for inexpensive managed high density SFP Switch.

Hi,

I work for a smaller ISP running FTTH and we're looking for inexpensive options for switches that have many SFP ports on them. We've bought and started to implement PLANET switches at our nodes as they were inexpensive ($1-2k) but now we're running into issues where the copper ports for management randomly stop working or the SFP ports between switches randomly disconnect, requiring either an entire switch reboot, or an on-site visit to physically unplug and replug the connectors into the switch. This, among other issues (non-existent MIBs so SNMP walking is atrocious, terrible tech support, etc.)

PLANET doesn't seem to be an option anymore at this point considering the problems we've been having. We've looked at the new Mikrotik 16 port SFP switches that came out at end of September, but we need something with more port density.

I've looked at other switches, but it seems like the I can only find switches that run into the 10's of thousands of dollars or so... We've looked at FiberStore switches, but we are cautious about them... Has anyone used these before?

Are we just going to have to bite the bullet and purchase more expensive switches?

Any recommendations would help. Thanks in advance.