We have a bunch of AFL NIDs that our previous OSP manager used.
https://www.mce1000.com/mainsource/1jnK/100-111085_spec.pdf They're somewhere around $150/each. Great for broadband-level services! *rolls eyes* Anyway, he deployed them without any sort of support for the bulkhead connector that we're using to transition from the drop to the on-prem cable. That leaves us with a loose pigtail that has been spliced onto the drop cable (fine), going into a coupler that's not mounted to anything, going into the rugged on-prem cable on the way to the ONT. That puts ridiculous strain on the pigtails, some of which are doing 90-degree or more bends within a half-inch. That's a failure waiting to happen. I have one of my guys get pricing on the interconnection kit mentioned in the PDF so that we can install them in the NIDs and support the cables that are in there. $80/each. We're not looking to spend $80/NID in materials to unscrew all of these things when our regular NIDs (that work just fine) are more like $60/each for the whole thing (though plastic, not metal). What options do you see? 1) We see buying them all and being done with it. 2) Replacing all of those NIDs with the regular NIDs we use. 3) Buying one of those kids and having a local shop clone them. Thoughts? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP
-- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
