do you drop into a wall enclosure or something? does the duct path allow for blowing strands, or do you run into bend radius issues??
On Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM Sterling Jacobson via AF <[email protected]> wrote: > We do this and just work with the lead CM on site usually. > > In one major project we decided to work into their construction schedule > and install interior micro-duct at the low voltage phase. > Then we come back and populate each MDU or Condo unit with our fiber and > actually install an NID/ONT/Router combo so it's ready to go when the > customer moves in. > We get over 50 percent take rate doing this, though it costs us extra to > provision every single unit, it's worth it down the road to just have it > there to turn up when the resident requests it. > We beat Cable and other fiber provider to market this way because of our > closer relationship with the builder and the on site CM's. > > Some residents "move" their cable to their new home, but even then > sometimes the cable or other fiber plant is behind on their build and we > beat them by being there already. > > That's our two cents worth. > ------------------------------ > *From:* AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Nate Burke < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2026 9:04 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [AFMUG] MDU Construction > > There's a brand new MDU Apartment building that is getting built very > close to one of Handholes. This is in an area fully served by 5G with > both T-Mobile and Verizon, EZfiber FTTH, as well as Xfinity and Asound > with Coax, and U-Verse. We're thinking about talking to the management > about also being a provider, since this is a greenfield build, and > getting to the building is an easy build. But I was curious how the > Internal connections in Modern MDU's are setup. Do all Apartments have > pre-installed coax/Cat5 running back to a Telco room. Do they make the > different providers wire the building with their own connections during > construction? > > Our last foray into MDU's was back in the early 2000's, when there was a > Cat3 and a Coax to the Telco room, and then a splitter in the apartment > to the different wall jacks. > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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