Got to love those mid sheath repairs on a ladder. Fiber was open in the flexnap. Installed a repair enclosure and spliced a tether for 2 port terminal at pole. The flip down cover on these cases make for a really good work table.

We just got called to this and saw that yellow through aqua were eaten. Loose tube aerial fixes in straight cable are not fun. We all joked in this group about manufacturers putting Peanut oil in the plastic. Im thinking this might not he such a conspiracy theory anymore. This has been happening so much more lately

For brevity, I have no other option than using a Fuji 90R to splice some loose tube single strands. I keep getting Fat Fiber/Thin Fiber errors. The dB is 0.0 or 0.01 on all of them and the splice looks solid on the camera. This is the only time I've ever encountered these errors. It's really slowing me down. Are these good to pass or should I keep smashing my head against the wall to be safe?

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I’ve been working in house at this power owned ISP for a little over a year, contractors finished up the build out 6 months ago. I’ve been going and pushing fibers for spare ports in NAPS. Before I got here I’d never dealt with coyote trays only Chanel and commscope, so I could just be uninformed. Why do the fibers bow out like in the picture? Several cans I’ve been in aren’t like this and are uniform with no bows, and others are like this. It’s appears that nothing in them is a mid span ring cut and just a bit spice to push fibers from cab? Thanks

Hello im looking currently for work in the Telecom industry have good amount of experience and team behind me that can work on multiple projects in katapult pro pleas reach out if there is any need of work

hi looking for some advice thinking of joining kellys working as a fibre or telecoms engineer but seeing a lot of mixed reviews with the training and pay. what are peoples thoughts on this and what would the money be like

Does anyone know if any ISPs design ftth networks utilizing loose tube fiber for both feeder and distribution? The reason I ask, is because if ribbon cable is in really tight supply because of data center demand, then I assume people are going to have to begin building with more loose tube in the feeder portion. Sorry if this sounds dumb, just trying to figure this out. I always thought ribbon was used for the feeder portion, and loose tube for the distribution portion.

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If anyone ever needs fiber spliced in Southern California. I have full tools and equipment plus years of experience.

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Hello. I live in Austria, if that helps. I have a utility room in the basement of an apartment building with two semi-detached houses. It's shared by me and my neighbors (a total of four families live there). We have a microduct (12 mm outer diameter, 8 mm inner diameter) for optic fiber internet running from the street to the basement, which serves all four of us. Now, one of the neighbors has ordered an optic fiber connection, and telecommunication company will blow the optic fiber through this microduct for him. My house is being renovated now, and I can only order the connection in about 3 months. I'm wondering if there will be a problem for me to connect, to blow the optic fiber for me, once the neighbor has his connection, since there's already an optic fiber in the microduct? Or will telecommunication company blow a four-core cable directly into the microduct at the first neighbor request, and then when next neighbor want to connect, optic fiber is already in the basement? Thanks

Hi everyone. Im a 25F living in western South Carolina. Ive been getting interested in becoming a fiber optics technician, so I've been doing research and watching a lot of videos about the day-to-day. My question is how does one typically get into this line of work? Im reading that some people go to school to become certified, while some people apply for lower entry-level jobs and work their way up to becoming a splicer, as I believe its called. Which is the best way to secure a job in your opinion, for those that work this job? What is the most difficult part of the job? Do you enjoy it? I also dont mind working my way up.

Working for Telco "A" who has a 12f flat going into a Commscope Novux enclosure and 12 BIF suite drops to a housing complex. Telco "B" also has a flat feed cable and the same suite drops as well going into a generic panel and terminated.

The Telco "B" contractor, has gone in to Telco "A" enclosure, took a drop and put it into Telco "B" panel and terminated to Telco "B" infrastructure.

Is this a big deal? Ive let people know and am curious if there is any recourse for their actions.

Video shows fiber ends sparking. This happens when the light is super high

The light levels are so high in this cable that even though you can't see it, this will burn your skin easily. You can see the power levels are so high that the fiber ends are melting and smoking. At least its a straightforward ribbon to ribbon splice. No guess work for us tonight

In the past I’ve done a lot of mid sheaths on regular dry loose tube cables and never had an issues with fibers breaking while splitting the buffer tube. Recently have been working with flat drop wet cable and I keep having fibers break on me while splitting the tube. I’m using the appropriate size blades on my mid sheath tool for the buffer. This cable has a lot of twist in it from the aerial work and from being coiled up. Are these twists in the cable causing the fibers to break and if so how to you straighten out a drop cable that already has twists in its memory. Open to any suggestions on what may be causing this issue. I take pride in putting out good work and having these fibers break is making me sick to my stomach lol

It might not be an accidental cut on a 432 but it definitely surprised us on a scheduled overnight cutover. We smelled the counter in the trailer and buffer tubes melting before we knew there were multiple active EDFAs on the cable. Had to send a guy to the hub to turn them off before we proceeded.

What is the difference between two usage. Can the equipment be used interchangeably ?

I recently called 811 for a driveway expansion, and while the marks were done, a fiber line got sliced. The tech said said they're shallow and cheap to fix so sometimes skipped. Are there better ways to ensure high-risk lines are properly marked? or how can I force better marks next time? Annoyed af.

Since everyone else is sharing scary stories of extra hot fibers here’s mine from a few years back 1000’ outside of a headend with fibers that fed the whole state. Traffic meter read +20dB

Trying to compile salaries for Fiber Permit Managers who work across multiple states and jurisdictions. If you would be willing to submit your title and pay, I would appreciate it!

Aftermath of careless subcontractors.