We are planning on running fiber to inside. We will be using bend insensitive and labeling DO NOT TOUCH. There should be no reason for the customer to touch the fiber.
I know Chuck Hogg does it this way also and as far as I know he has not had any problems. Sincerely, Jason Pond Grizzly Internet, Inc On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:33 AM, That One Guy <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was asking Jason Pond, it sounds like he runs fiber to the inside > > On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:27 AM, TJ Trout <t...@voltbb.com> wrote: > >> They change to cat 5 on the outside of the house >> On Feb 9, 2015 7:37 AM, "That One Guy" <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> How do you protect the fiber from the customer in the house as far as >>> keeping them from sullying up the glass connecting and disconnecting it? Do >>> you find as high an incidence of cut fiber in the home as with Ethernet >>> runs or do customers seem to be more wary of the fiber run? >>> >>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 3:08 PM, Jason Pond <p...@grizzlyinternet.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> SEE INLINE RED >>>> >>>> 1. Would you be able to make those power points available to the list? I >>>> LEAVE THIS TO STERLING AND CHUCK TO POST >>>> >>>> 2. What all equipment do you actually have at the house? Are you >>>> running the fiber up to the house and then making it the customers >>>> responsibility from there? Or are you running some interior Ethernet cable >>>> for people? >>>> So this depends a little on setup but for the most part you need to >>>> have an outside NID box, and maybe outside ONT for a GPON setup, In >>>> Sterling's case he was putting a RB250GS in an outdoor enclosure and >>>> ethernet inside to a WiFi router I think of customer choosing. We are >>>> taking a different approach and putting a RB2011 inside with Fiber going >>>> all the way to the inside of the house and managing the customer router for >>>> them. >>>> >>>> 3. Could I get a rough list of what is actually going in the >>>> neighborhood peds? >>>> There are pedestals/vault and cabinets. Inside a peds/vault there is >>>> just fiber maybe a splice case or MST box depending on the design. >>>> Cabinets on the other hand need equipment to do the following: Access to >>>> you network and to feed your network out to the customer. I.E. EDGE/CORE >>>> Router hooked to fiber or wireless devices to receive the internet / >>>> network feed and if you are doing an Active Ethernet setup like Sterling >>>> and Chuck Hogg you need multi-port SFP switches. Each SFP port goes to a >>>> customer. Single fiber to each household / business. >>>> >>>> 4. Are you still able to use Powercode (or whatever you are using for >>>> your wireless customers) for your billing/monitoring/rates? Or did you have >>>> to get a secondary system to handle the fiber customers? >>>> Powercode is just a customer management system w/ billing so yes you >>>> can use it and you can keep track of all of your details in it also. I.E. >>>> Tube # / Color / Fiber strand to which customer and what port they are >>>> plugged into the switch >>>> >>>> 5. How are you keeping track of where your underground facilities are >>>> for years down the road? Are you using GPS coordinates at endpoints and >>>> service connections, measurements off of cross streets, or just planning to >>>> be able to use a locator to find it? >>>> Some are using google maps, others surveying, we will be using a GPS >>>> tracking software kept in a database tracked through iDevices with GPS >>>> bluetooth "pucks" this will be exported into google maps and KML format >>>> when done for future needs. I will have this system available for use >>>> later in the year with a lot more details after our build gets underway. >>>> >>>> Just like in wireless you can skin the cat a million ways everyone has >>>> a different take and we hope to help anywhere we can as our project gets >>>> underway this summer. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> >>>> Jason Pond >>>> Grizzly Internet, Inc >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:36 AM, Trevor Bough <trevorbo...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey guys, I really enjoyed the fiber build out forum and have come up >>>>> with a few questions since lunch yesterday: >>>>> >>>>> 1. Would you be able to make those power points available to the list? >>>>> 2. What all equipment do you actually have at the house? Are you >>>>> running the fiber up to the house and then making it the customers >>>>> responsibility from there? Or are you running some interior Ethernet cable >>>>> for people? >>>>> 3. Could I get a rough list of what is actually going in the >>>>> neighborhood peds? >>>>> 4. Are you still able to use Powercode (or whatever you are using for >>>>> your wireless customers) for your billing/monitoring/rates? Or did you >>>>> have >>>>> to get a secondary system to handle the fiber customers? >>>>> 5. How are you keeping track of where your underground facilities are >>>>> for years down the road? Are you using GPS coordinates at endpoints and >>>>> service connections, measurements off of cross streets, or just planning >>>>> to >>>>> be able to use a locator to find it? >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the >>> parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you >>> can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not >>> use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >>> >> > > > -- > All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the > parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you > can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not > use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925 >
