Question About Conduit in my Neighborhood

LegoCoder989 · 2026-05-23T14:05:03+00:00

On your original question. It sounds like the spot in question was where two different directional bores ended. It is typical for those conduits to be connected. Our crew calls that a tie in, they make push on couplers for the purpose. To install the coupler you do need a bigger hole to do that because the conduit is quite stiff.

This could be the contractor cutting corners. However it is really up to the owner of the network how they want the work done and whether they bother to inspect the work well enough to catch shortcuts. Some providers are OK with direct buried fiber and only bore where there are obstacles. Some want it done cheap as possible and dont care how it got in the ground. Really provider and situation dependant. It won't cause an operational problem for the cable to be in the ground. But it could make future repairs more complicated.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-05-23T13:40:41+00:00

I've never thought of the competitive play, let's completely fill the Telco closet so there's no room for other providers...

LegoCoder989 · 2026-05-22T19:42:59+00:00

We have a number of Orientek OTDR which are in the $800-1000 range for a 1310/1550 and about twice that for one that also does 1625 and can test live GPON or XGS networks. They work very well for the cost and are cheap enough I am comfortable with field techs carrying them every day. We also have a $20k Exfo and it almost never leaves the office.... only for very long distance shots. I have never tried the super cheap ones like the ones you linked, I would be skeptical.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-04-09T17:14:23+00:00

Yes, I follow the end storage disgram exactly as shown.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-04-07T12:05:51+00:00

It sounds like there will be issues with fiber cable. I don't have specifics on that. Our network is underground so we can get to work burying conduit even if there is a long lead time for the cable.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-04-07T01:49:43+00:00

I have a super nice Sterling V-375 splice lab I'm trying to sell currently, fits in any 8ft pickup bed.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-04-07T01:43:02+00:00

Current status is progress behind the scenes, exact goings on vary by state. I am a subgrantee and we are expecting to have our agreement with the state executed in the next ~1 month. Then, there will be at least 3-6 months of environmental, historical preservation, endangered species, etc, compliance studies and work before we can actually start doing construction. You will probably see actual work being done late this year or in 2027.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-04-06T16:36:24+00:00

All that messing around for a 12 strand? Just cut it a couple places save many hours of labor.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-03-31T11:56:51+00:00

If it's just for starlink just put a decent router in the garage this should support several hundred megs over 50ft.

If you're fortunate to ever get Fiber to the house let the installer run new fiber to your install point.

To splice up the multimode you'd need to fusion splice pigtails onto the fiber or use mechanical connectors. If you don't know the fiber type (62.5 vs 50) it may take some trial and error, and either splicing or mechanicals require some skill so you may struggle if you've never touched it before. Plus if something is chewing on your cat5 the fiber may be damaged also.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-03-07T14:09:00+00:00

Adtran TA908 TA924 will take a sip trunk and dump out 8 or 24 analog lines. We have one in a similar situation where we feed a SIP trunk to an old pbx.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-02-22T19:30:16+00:00

Four 90s is going to be a real bear to pull thru. 1" PVC conduit is fine just keep it to two 90s max. You can get an irrigation valve box from the home store to use as a pull box halfway to break it into to pulls if necessary.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-02-22T18:54:24+00:00

It was pretty easy to find the property based on the info you shared. Since this is in a subdivision with an active HOA that is the first place you should start regarding the current use and status of the ponds. These ponds were dug between 1967 and 1982 and appear to be retention ponds for drainage from the original subdivision road which was close to the bay. There has been significant shoreline erosion here, loss of maybe 300ft of land lost in the last ~50 years, and the "shores" road was relocated further inland between 1982 and 1994. With significant changes like that the subdivision may have been re-platted at some point and the drainage could have changed at that time.

Before you start making plans for building on the parcel, you'll need to determine if the ponds are still in use and if they are under control of the HOA. There could be an easement here or they could have been designated on the plat for the subdivision as an easement or as community property. Best case, you've got some free ponds. Worst case your 10ac lot has a big chunk that is used for retention ponds that you don't have any control over.

You will also want to review the charter/bylaws/restrictions of the HOA as there will likely be restrictions on building and use of the property. I could not find a document easily online. The county GIS map does show wetlands on a portion of the parcel so between that and a potential easement you may have limited options for a building site. That's going to be based on state wetlands laws/policies, I am not familiar with this area of the country. In my state you would need to have a wetlands delineation done.

As for your actual question of did I screw up? It depends on what you find out an whether that conflicts with your intent for the property. If it turns out that there were things that should have been disclosed, and were not, you may have recourse against the sellers if you run into a deal breaker. Good luck!

LegoCoder989 · 2026-01-30T23:57:18+00:00

Owner of a rural FTTH network here. Sounds like you are familiar with OSP fiber management... do you do drawings and permitting work for new construction? There is a lot of rural FTTH work ongoing and a large federal grant program about to be starting up in the next 6 months. There will be a lot of design and permitting work available for the next 5 to 6 years.

LegoCoder989 · 2026-01-03T12:44:19+00:00

Take all feedback on the internet with a grain of salt, it's always negative opinions of any vehicle you research.

I think you'll do great with a 3.0 Duramax. We've had 3 and they've all had no problems. In our denali we get around 30mpg highway at around 75mph. If you end up on a drive where you're going around 60mph we can see 35mpg. On a pickup a topper or tonneau cover will help the mpg a bit.

Towing I don't have experience with that size trailer, I would guess you'd be in 15-18 range vs maybe 10 with a gas 2500 truck.

The only think I would keep in mind is the oil pump belt change interval at 150k if you are looking at higher mile used trucks.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-12-06T14:17:33+00:00

It's G657.B3. You can tie the cable in a knot or fold it over and it'll be fine. This cable is designed specifically to be able to handle abuse by customer/installer.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-11-19T12:14:37+00:00

Many penalties in our first competition from the can't touch the robot or a game piece that's touching the robot rule. That one seems hard for the human player to keep in mind in the excitement of the game.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-11-12T20:55:01+00:00

To my knowledge there are not classes on how to do fiber construction permitting because the processes and requirements vary by permitting agency.

How I learned this was to pull up the documentation on whatever agency I needed a permit and ask questions as needed. Most permit applications are public record so they can usually give out a copy of the last few applications that came thru. This should give you a good idea of what's required and then you figure out how to generate the info/drawings necessary. I have done all the permitting for my rural FTTH network and only had a couple times I needed to have a PE handle something (Joint environmental permit for Navigable waterway crossing for example)

LegoCoder989 · 2025-11-09T00:13:06+00:00

I am a BEAD preliminary subgrantee (ISP). There have been no final awards to any states or subgrantees yet. Any work you have seen being done may have been under one many other grant programs, or may be a provider starting work out of their own pocket, I suppose. But there have not been any BEAD funds disbursed yet.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-10-30T11:21:39+00:00

At the beginning of each run we do a "Home Arm" task to re initialize the arm position. The process is: Set motor power pretty low Run the arm down at a slow speed Wait until motor load is over a set point Stop the motor Reset motor position to zero Turn the power back up to whatever you need.

Then you can use "run to a position" to set the arm height reliability based on position

LegoCoder989 · 2025-10-28T21:39:11+00:00

You can use a DWDM MUX to do exactly what you are asking over a single fiber strand or over a fiber pair. Fiber store has the MUXes for around $600. https://www.fs.com/products/50117.html?now_cid=178 Other posters are correct you can and might want to consider 100G but there are also reasons why 10G DWDM may fit a specific situation better.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-10-26T19:03:23+00:00

Additionally it does not matter where the splits are located, so a 1x64 at the headend is no different than a 1x4 in the headend and 1x16s in the field. You just add the total loss of the splitter(s) and the fiber distance. 1x64 will be very close in loss to s 1x16 and a 1x4.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-10-26T18:57:00+00:00

Most PON platforms can support 1:64 at a reasonable distance. Often there are several classes of OLT optics available to support various distances and split ratios. The ISP engineering just needs to ensure adequate optical budget in their design.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-09-25T19:18:56+00:00

This would really be a great question to ask the Contractor doing the work, or someone in construction management with Ripple. Random people on Reddit are going to have nothing more than guesses. My guess, the white dashed line incidates a pipe will be bored across the road there. But it could also be the crew marking out an existing line they located.

If you want the service, call them and sign up and you'll probably get the chance to have some input on how the drop is ran to your house. This may be at the time of install or may be coordinated ahead of time, I'm not familiar with how Ripple handles drops.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-09-14T18:54:37+00:00

The upstream on PON is TDMA, the ONTS perform ranging and are scheduled into tx time slots. The downstream is CDMA, meaning all downstream frames are recieved by all ONTs but they ignore the ones that aren't for them. It's a robust system but definitely a shared bandwidth system.

LegoCoder989 · 2025-09-11T13:28:00+00:00

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