That is manufactured by probably twenty different companies in China and re-sold by at least 50 vendors. If you go to Alibaba and search for "FTTH drop cable" you will see a product with the exact same cross section diagram being sold by a ton of resellers.
On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote: > A vendor just sent me a sample of what they call a "butteryfly" drop cable. > > It's dirt friggin cheap. Like $0.09/foot. Hopefully my little picture > comes through. > > The steel measures .042" dia which is somewhere around 18AWG. > > You can get it with 1 or 2 bare fibers, and you access them by peeling > apart the two aramid strength members. > > The cheapness is tantalizing. Will I regret this vs a "normal" flat drop > cable like Superior Essex or Corning? They put corning glass inside the > jacket so I'm not worried about the optical performance, but I'm wondering > if it's rugged enough. > >
