On 13-02-04 19:48, Scott Helms wrote: > same trench IF you have buried cable and there is room. If you have aerial > plant (common in rural telco deployments, less common in muni networks) you > can also string your fiber on the same poles that you either own or have > attachment rights to but the thickness of the cable doesn't change your > costs any.
In Québec, some poles are owned by the telco and some by the electric utility. They have a deal with each other to gain access to each other's poles. However, that deal still involves engineering studies to ensure the weight of wiring/equipment on poles is acceptable. And this is where stringning heavier 867 strand cable could possibly make a difference compared to stringing lighter 4 strands (or however how many are used for GPON systems between OLT and splitter). After the ice storm of 1998 here, they are a bit more careful about how much weight they put on poles.
