Thats why you order months in advance and spread delivery timelines out :) > On Aug 13, 2020, at 1:23 PM, <ch...@wbmfg.com> <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > BTW, I just heard that Calix cannot get the broadcom chip used in the 844s. > So October or later for deliveries. > > From: Carl Peterson <> > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 12:12 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CPE Install Costs.xlsx > > Yeah, I wouldn't use it outdoors. Possibly straight out of the back of NID > on the outside wall into the unit. We just use it for the fiber wall plate > to the 844G. In MDUs we run 3MM RBR bend insensitive pre-terminated on one > end and splice it in the wall plate. You can also get it terminated on both > ends of course. It can be run pretty much like cat5. If part of the run is > outside, get the version with UV protection. Wall plates are cheap and > replacing a 1m patch cable is a whole lot easier then replacing a drop to a > unit if you go straight to the ONT. We have fibermint build out our wall > plates with a shutter adapter and a pigtail. Order ~1K at a time. Speaking > of which it is time to drop another order. Lead times are a PITA due to > COVID19 and the constant changing of tariff rules. > > On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 1:02 PM <ch...@wbmfg.com <>> wrote: >> If the FS is tough enough to run from the NID to the biscuit and withstand >> staples, tight bends and UV then it sounds pretty good. But I really like >> the little metal bullet end on the pre terminated Miniflex. Easy to push >> through a wall etc. >> >> From: Carl Peterson <> >> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2020 11:34 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <> >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CPE Install Costs.xlsx >> >> FS armored patch is different then clearfield pushable. FS has a 900um >> loose inside a metal spiral with a PVC jacket. CFD pushable has a 900um in >> gel inside a thick plastic jacket. You can't really push the FS with >> connectors on it, or at all really. The FS is much more flexible and >> doesn't kink like CFD pushable but you can't push it. I don't like CFD >> pushable outside of microduct. Too easy to mess up and there are better >> fibers for the application. >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:56 AM Mark Radabaugh <m...@amplex.net <>> wrote: >>> Well, I have managed to put a staple through it if that counts :-) If >>> you don’t shoot the staple right through it it works fine - I just had bad >>> aim. And for what it’s worth the cable still worked. It’s at my house >>> so I’m not too worried about it. Hopefully our install crew uses a little >>> more care. >>> >>> It’s relatively stiff but it’s not like the Clearfield or other brands of >>> pushable fiber that have a very minimal diameter protected stub at the end >>> that you then assemble the SC connector to after pushing it in. You can >>> get the movable part of the SC connector to pop off but you still have the >>> full square end of the SC to deal with - it won’t go through most >>> microduct, but you can get it through the normal drill size you shove CAT-5 >>> cable though. >>> >>> Mark >>> >>>> On Aug 13, 2020, at 11:22 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com <> wrote: >>>> >>>> Will this FS stuff take a staple and can you push it through microduct? >>>> >>>> From: Mark Radabaugh <> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2020 7:23 PM >>>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <> >>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] CPE Install Costs.xlsx >>>> >>>> I fhink you preterminated indoor jumper cost is too high. These >>>> https://www.fs.com/c/armored-patch-cables-220 >>>> <https://www.fs.com/c/armored-patch-cables-220> work fine for the inside >>>> wiring from the outdoor box to the wall plate or direct to CPE if you are >>>> not doing a inside jack. They are not UV rated so you have to make sure >>>> you don’t leave them exposed outdoor. You can pop the outer SC portion >>>> off the jumper if you want to pass through a smaller hole. >>>> >>>> Mark >>>> >>>>> On Aug 12, 2020, at 7:00 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> <CPE Install Costs.xlsx> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com <> >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com <> >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com <> >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >> >> >> >> -- >> Carl Peterson >> PORT NETWORKS >> 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 >> Baltimore, MD 21202 >> (410) 637-3707 >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com <> >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> <http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com> > > > > -- > Carl Peterson > PORT NETWORKS > 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 > Baltimore, MD 21202 > (410) 637-3707 > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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