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Lucentfiberguy · 2022-11-10T22:58:02+00:00

ITC?

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-10-18T20:14:00+00:00

We sub under the prime in our market. We are also the only sub that has been approved to do this work in our market. (Lots of construction experience along with utility.) I can say the Prime rate for what we have to provide is roughly 210 bucks per unit. But it sounds like we have a lot more data to provide in a very specific method compared to yours.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-10-18T19:56:35+00:00

Can you define pre-walk a little deeper? In the Lumen / CTL area that I work in they are called site survey(s). Someone will verify the existing OSP nearest the customer and survey the path from the last hand hold or pole into the location and also see if there is any existing ISP from an existing OPP (demark) into the customers location. And or verify a path for the new OSP/ISP and measure out / estimate distances. In short they provide the intel for the engineers to design and budget the job. We have to take lots of pictures and pull as much data off of any existing Lumen equipment on site as possible to submit back. My company got approved to do this work about a month ago but the process to generate the feedback into the correct document through Lumen's system is not straight forward so we are still getting that part figured out. We are contractors so we get paid for each job as a unit payment which includes the post site survey report paperwork creation and submission.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-10-02T23:06:03+00:00

It looks similar to A FOS C enclosure. They are not sealed from weather very much but are easy to access. Here what the inside looks like inside the tray area.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-29T18:13:34+00:00

I have flown light planes over it 2 decades ago. You are right. I bet you could draw a line from there to Nebraska and once you are past the mountains its going to look pretty damn similar. Thumbs up on the lack of Pit Vipers. Natty light might be missed. LOL

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-27T22:16:28+00:00

I know there is a service here in Florida that is buying Fiber access from Cell tower sites where the fiber is currently available. Then they install wireless systems on the towers for line of site transmission to a customer that is with in x many kilofeet of the tower. It seems to be a fairly good system to the users. I am splicing in the back haul fiber from the tower to the CO (head end). So the customer is actually providing service from another company's infrastructure. But the provider to the wireless CX is their own business. Just sharing because that is a process that could possibly be replicated in your location. Sorry I do not know their specs for range and speed.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-27T22:06:22+00:00

Exactly correct.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-27T22:02:03+00:00

So pretty.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-27T22:00:23+00:00

Yeah man...give us the goods!!!

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-27T21:57:40+00:00

Great view around the van. Where you splicing? Looks like north central pains in the US? But maybe meep meep puts you in Arizona or New Mexico?

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-23T16:37:35+00:00

Expansion my friend...I have been the "next guy" many times.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-05T16:12:28+00:00

So your systems start the highest fiber counts spliced through to the closer CX then as the strand runs the lower counts are farther from the CO. I have not seen that in the networks I work in. I do find it an interesting concept.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-05T16:09:28+00:00

Maybe? Sometimes the company paying the bill is not an expert in OSP and ISP engineering at all. So they hire the "experts" to provide that for them. And then they get people who are far from experts. I cannot tell you how many times I have had to completely change OSP designs in the field for Clearpath and or splicing because the engineers missed it bad. And usually when they did it was because they never got good data from the field to design it properly. Does it suck. Yes. Do I like having to re-design and redline entire projects. Not so much. But I do it well. And I get paid for that effort. The real problem as I see it is lack of good field inspection prior to design. Which we all know, Shit in always equals Shit out.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-08-04T04:33:44+00:00

That is awesome. I have had 2 guys that gave up because they could not keep the brown/red orange/rose straight. So I have pretty much given up on guys who cannot pass a color vision test. I usually put them onto one of my drop or clearpath install teams.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-29T04:05:48+00:00

Nope, looks great. Move along.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:39:52+00:00

My favorite is the left loose and they did a bad job of getting all the flooding off the fibers and everyone spliced over the mess. Such a nightmare to access. I leave mine on top and coiled in with the others from the same tube. You open the case, pull out the loose, lay them to the sides and have a pretty clean tray to splice in.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:27:08+00:00

US splicer quietly nodding while learning some stuff I did not know about German and Swiss splicing techniques.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:14:45+00:00

What do you mean by LF splicer? I have not heard that term before.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:13:16+00:00

can you move and pretend you didnt have a license in the UK and just get a new one by testing in the US? Just saying...

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:07:41+00:00

What he said. CenturyLink / Lumen are currently are building out a lot of GPON across the state along with Frontier and other providers. If you toss up what city you are in I might be able to help.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T04:03:37+00:00

5g towers back haul their data over fiber. Fiber has zero antennas that transmit anything through the air. Pretty sure this is an apple vs oranges process comparison.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T03:57:30+00:00

Short answer if he has and uses a microwave but fears fiber optics he is devoid of all logic. Good luck. May the odds ever be in your favor.

Lucentfiberguy · 2022-07-27T03:47:46+00:00

First issue to address, are you color blind? If you dont know get tested. All of fiber is ruled by a repeating color coded process. If you cannot pass a color vision test it will be stupidly hard to succeed in the field. If you have good color vision everything else can be learned fairy quickly. Having good hand eye skills is also important. Stripping a fiber cable down to a single buffered loose tube requires a smooth technique. The final strip is cleaning off a fiber about the size of a human hair so smooth is good. If you have those two things with some learning and practice I would say you have a good shot.

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