You only need a handhole when you need a splice case. Otherwise you can go for as long as your roll of fiber or duct will last. I like at least 100 feet of slack or more. That will give you 50 up and 50 down from the splice trailer. More is better. 200 feet is probably as much as you would ever need unless the splice trailer needs to be a long way away from the hole.
If you are in duct and if you plowed in the duct, then you can put warning tape a foot or two above the duct. Then drive some fiber markers ever few hundred feet too. Assuming you participate in the underground locating service in your part of the world, backhoe fades will be rare. Perhaps 1 per year or less on plant built like this. I know stretches that have been in the ground 10 years without any molestation. Don’t direct bury fiber. Critters will eat into it. If you need 48 strands put in 96 strand fiber. You will regret going cheap at any stage of the game. Make sure the fiber has a metallic element (shield or wire) so you can find it later. From: That One Guy /sarcasm Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2015 10:04 AM To: af@afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Fiber in the country Say you want to run fiber for 10 miles. Aside from the boring equipment and permits what does that entail? I know there are 36 bazillion answers, but humor me. Details like how often you need handholes and how to deal with slacking for cut fiber splicing would be very helpful. What is a rule of thumb in your long term planning on how often you can expect a fiber cut. (an example of rule of thumb is I expect a storm related issue at least once every three years at every site, there is no actual science, or math, I just look at my thumb and it provides me sage answers) -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
