Re: [AFMUG] DWDM/CWDM Magic

2024-05-03 Thread Chris Fabien
etc? > > I want some sort of ballpark costs to know what's reasonable when we start > looking at this over wavelengths for shorter paths. > > On Thu, May 2, 2024, 2:50 PM Chris Fabien wrote: >> >> Mark, we do exactly this on a segment where we have leased 2 strands >> of

Re: [AFMUG] DWDM/CWDM Magic

2024-05-02 Thread Chris Fabien
Mark, we do exactly this on a segment where we have leased 2 strands of dark fiber on a 30mile path. The ends of the run have 8-ch DWDM Muxes and we have two spots along the run where we have an OADM in a splice case to drop out a wavelength. At those points, we set a handhole next to the

Re: [AFMUG] PON question

2024-03-16 Thread Chris Fabien
PON is much more flexible mainly due to the much lower signal loss per distance. There are ways to deploy that almost exactly mirror an HFC network - There are strand mounted OLTs, you can "tap" the signal in exactly the same fashion as HFC taps where you have one active coax or fiber and the tap

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber on bad spool

2024-03-06 Thread Chris Fabien
If you have a spare wood spool of similar or larger size, you can fashion a spool turntable pretty easily. Disassemble the good spool, one side turns into the base, mount 4 or 6 large swivel casters around the spool, and mount a 2" galvanized pipe mounted in a floor flange in the center as an

Re: [AFMUG] compensation for employees

2024-01-29 Thread Chris Fabien
We have never had success with production based bonuses, it always was hurt feelings when expectations were not met or bending the criteria to make sure the productions bonus was awarded sometimes, lot of finger pointing and resentment when it wasn't met. For a while we did annual christmas bonus

Re: [AFMUG] WDM transceivers

2023-12-21 Thread Chris Fabien
It should work. If you ever anticipate needing more channels, choose receivers with enough optical budget to allow adding the DWDM Muxes later on. On Wed, Dec 20, 2023 at 5:37 PM wrote: > > Dumb question of the week: > > Could I run a pair of DWDM transceivers through a CWDM multiplexer and

Re: [AFMUG] who caves first? charter? disney?

2023-09-07 Thread Chris Fabien
It's a dance that's been danced 1000 times before over the years. I highly doubt losing even their full TV lineup would put Charter out of business. There is very little margin in TV even for the big guys. Programming costs are completely insane and the networks want to believe they can demand

Re: [AFMUG] battery nerd question

2023-08-15 Thread Chris Fabien
The term that got us cheap power was "unmetered CATV power supply". They allow connection of a fixed capacity power supply unit with no meter, just a small disconnect and drop a 120V 10AWG service and bill us based on half of the power supply's nameplate capacity. On Tue, Aug 15, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Re: [AFMUG] "Low pass" attenuator

2023-07-11 Thread Chris Fabien
If it's for calix I'd be curious to know what you're testing... On Tue, Jul 11, 2023, 1:27 PM wrote: > Exactly. > > We were testing a different brand of XGS-PON transceiver. It works fine, > except clients stronger than about -14 don’t connect. Our current brand > alarms at -10, but functions

Re: [AFMUG] Headphones and earbuds

2023-05-12 Thread Chris Fabien
I think you're right on the money, employees are there to work not listen to music. I walked up on an employee once potholing a plastic gas service right at the edge of the pavement with headphones on, I had to scream to get his attention. Totally zero situational awareness and no way he'd have

Re: [AFMUG] Direct bury tracer wire reccomendations/experience.

2023-01-27 Thread Chris Fabien
There are times visual contact is just not practicable without extreme expense. We have a lot of sandy seasonal high water table areas where it's difficult to expose a line even 3ft deep, and anything deeper is impossible without dewatering and shoring. Even with a vac truck you just might catch

Re: [AFMUG] beet juice

2023-01-27 Thread Chris Fabien
What's your application for this? On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 7:28 PM Steve Jones wrote: > > where does a guy look to find beetjuice for lowering water freezepoint that > doesnt have other additives or salt in in? saline free beet brine if you > will. Is beet soluble enough to get in powder form?

Re: [AFMUG] Underground Locating units

2022-12-27 Thread Chris Fabien
We have had mixed luck with ebay locators, and there is a pretty good chance at them being stolen so getting repairs/service could be troublesome. We ended up buying two new RD7200 they were around $5k each. We also have a used 7100 and 8100 and have been through a few RD4000. I would just buy a

Re: [AFMUG] Cisco SPA122

2022-12-04 Thread Chris Fabien
We have a good number of SPA112 in service still. On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 5:33 PM wrote: > > Does anyone here still use the Cisco SPA122? > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Underground Locating units

2022-12-02 Thread Chris Fabien
USIC Uses radiodetection gear, currently they are using the RD-8200. We just bought a couple RD-7200 new this year and they are very nice units. Fiber will always locate better if you can attach to the locate terminal on a splice case vs using the induction clamp FYI. On Fri, Dec 2, 2022 at 9:59

Re: [AFMUG] The Hartford claims

2022-11-27 Thread Chris Fabien
We have Hartford but do not have any smallish claims like that to know what their response would be. I would be more concerned about making any claim as a brand new company / policyholder. What's the $$ of the damage in question. My general policy is for a damage that we were really at fault,

Re: [AFMUG] Datacenter power submetering

2022-10-01 Thread Chris Fabien
; > If you're only going to have 3 or 4 tenants, I'd put a meter pack in (like > they have on apartments) and use real meters. If you do it right, the > utility company will just handle the billing. > > If you really do want to go the per circuit metering route, look at > egauge

Re: [AFMUG] Datacenter power submetering

2022-10-01 Thread Chris Fabien
their power usage when > they hit peak traffic during peak power rates like at lunch time. > > On Sat, Oct 1, 2022 at 2:10 PM Chuck McCown via AF > wrote: > >> Found by googling: >> https://accucdn.accuenergy.com/wp-content/uploads/AcuRev-2100-Multi-Circuit-Submeter-D

[AFMUG] Datacenter power submetering

2022-10-01 Thread Chris Fabien
We are remodeling our old office building into a datacenter with 2 or 3 tenants and a 2500 sqft general retail space. I want to be able to sub-meter the power on a per-circuit basis, and ideally be able to assign a group of circuits to each tenant they serve. I have seen some inexpensive solution

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Electronic question

2022-09-06 Thread Chris Fabien
I think you are correct about the cause of the issue, probably the easiest solution is to leave the buzzer in the main circuit, and wire a 24vac relay in parallel with it, using the relay contacts to close and open the circuit to the ding-dong bell. On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 10:08 AM wrote: > > I

Re: [AFMUG] BDC service

2022-08-28 Thread Chris Fabien
We have a similar problem, we have wireless customers in an area that we are over building with FTTH, and we no longer install new wireless service. This trips an error because it wants to see wireless coverage. Have not got a good response from them yet. On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 1:56 PM Cameron

[AFMUG] Larger Standby Generators

2022-08-27 Thread Chris Fabien
Our main datacenter has for years had a single 11kw residential style generac. Due to increasing power load and improving redundancy I want to upgrade to dual larger generators. Trying to decide between new 22kw air cooled residential units or used larger liquid cooled commercial style units.

Re: [AFMUG] Release of Liability Review

2022-08-13 Thread Chris Fabien
I wouldn't sign either if I were a homeowner. I think you need to more clearly define what you will and won't do, and what you can and cannot reasonably avoid. For example, you can reasonably avoid a private power run to an out building if the homeowner discloses it's existence, you should have

Re: [AFMUG] Type of Fiber to pull through Poly

2022-07-22 Thread Chris Fabien
Flat drop would be fine for this, use tonable if you need a locate method. On Fri, Jul 22, 2022 at 2:27 PM Nate Burke wrote: > > I need to pull 12 strand fiber through a 1.25" poly. About 1500' and 4 > handholes. It's been a couple years since we've done physical fiber > installation

Re: [AFMUG] Door Access Control System (self-install, self-hosted)

2022-06-16 Thread Chris Fabien
I just installed the ubnt access system. Already had unifi and the right controller box. Easy install. Works fine. I think their video reader might have an access code option but we just used the lite reader. On Thu, Jun 16, 2022, 2:02 PM Forrest Christian (List Account) < li...@packetflux.com>

Re: [AFMUG] Utility Pole Rating

2022-02-18 Thread Chris Fabien
I think for antenna mounting your limiting criteria may not be the pole strength related to it breaking but the stiffness related to antenna deflection during wind events mis-aligning your antennas. If you're only mounting APs it would be less of an issue than for a backhaul. On Wed, Feb 16, 2022

Re: [AFMUG] underground footage expectations

2022-02-08 Thread Chris Fabien
We have pretty favorable conditions for both drilling/plowing. We do work in house and also hire some out. Last year we paid $5-8/ft for drilling and $1.50-2/ft for plowing. Production, when I drill with one other guy locating, in open ground we can usually do >1000ft in a full day although often

Re: [AFMUG] GIS

2022-02-08 Thread Chris Fabien
Cameron, I'm curious how you feel manifold compares to mapinfo. I use mapinfo to do our fiber plans, mainly just drawing lines/points/text on aerial photo and parcel data layers and exporting to PDF via layout one sheet at a time. It's slow and cumbersome, but it's paid for and I know it. Would

Re: [AFMUG] Ot: business loans

2022-02-07 Thread Chris Fabien
We have a local bank that was willing to do a 5 year loan for working capital on a fiber build that was partially grant funded. 5% interest. Maybe we got lucky but we had our books in order and had done a projected cashflow study as part of the grant and they easily understood why the project and

Re: [AFMUG] Calix E7-2 dial plan

2022-01-27 Thread Chris Fabien
Hi Carl Here is what we are using on our E7s. Note this does not support 7-digit dialling as we are in an area where that was mandated to be removed. But it does allow 10 and 11 digit calls. Note that the order of these rules matters, it matches top down. ^911n ^411 ^988 ^[2-9][0-9]{9}

Re: [AFMUG] CWDM vs DWDM, Single Fiber vs Dual fiber

2022-01-26 Thread Chris Fabien
If there may ever be an opportunity to use this path to connect to another network via a handhole meet, you should try to use the same technology on your side. We have two handhole meets where a carrier drops a DWDM 10G wave out from longhaul and we take it into an add drop module and into our

Re: [AFMUG] corrugated conduit

2021-11-09 Thread Chris Fabien
leave it in there? >> >> >> bp >> >> >> On 11/8/2021 11:59 AM, Chuck McCown via AF wrote: >> > Cheap is a selling point for me. We have started to put stuff down >> > conduit with water rather than air. So far it is much better than air. &g

Re: [AFMUG] corrugated conduit

2021-11-08 Thread Chris Fabien
I would just use normal duct of whatever size is appropriate . That just doesn't look as sturdy as solid wall of plastic. Looks like being more flexible is the key selling point. On Thu, Nov 4, 2021 at 7:02 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > No, not smurf tube. It is corrugated micro duct. > >

Re: [AFMUG] Billing for underground damage

2021-11-02 Thread Chris Fabien
The damages we have been paid on, we have not submitted much of a detailed bill. Simple description of the damaged facilities, relevant facts, and Cost to Repair: $.xx. Have been paid by local power company, auto insurance, and our customers. Have an $8000 damage invoice out to local road

Re: [AFMUG] before and after VFL

2021-09-28 Thread Chris Fabien
I have had a fiber break in a splice case weeks after it was spliced, similar to this pic. All I could reason was pre-existing scratch or kink or something that I didn't notice and it finally broke from temp cycling or vibration, both of which are pretty minimal in a handhole but it did happen.

Re: [AFMUG] Long run - low draw batteries for Regen locations

2021-09-11 Thread Chris Fabien
TJ got any links or shopping lists for a solid lithium pack solution for a low draw application like this? We have a regen cabinet going in soon pretty much same situation except I haven't chose the switch yet so could be DC. On Fri, Sep 10, 2021 at 12:45 PM TJ Trout wrote: > > if it's carrier

Re: [AFMUG] Cable Ties

2021-09-08 Thread Chris Fabien
We like Frosty Ties from US Cable Ties. On Wed, Sep 8, 2021 at 12:32 PM Matt wrote: > > What is everyone's favorite cables ties? Prefer ones that don't snap > after a few years in UV. > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF

Re: [AFMUG] Momentum Telcom?

2021-08-10 Thread Chris Fabien
ever heard of Momentum, I wondered if > they actually went under or something. I appreciate the dialogue. > > > ----- Original Message - > From: Chris Fabien > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2021 9:18 AM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Momentum Telcom?

Re: [AFMUG] Momentum Telcom?

2021-08-10 Thread Chris Fabien
Is it really two full days of outage or just, on it's second day today? As I'm sure you know it's very possible for a fiber cut to take more than 24 hours to restore. We had a windstream cut recently that took 30 hours. And, our other carrier had a maintenance event overnight that same night they

Re: [AFMUG] Building a CO

2021-07-28 Thread Chris Fabien
you if it's leaking. You'll find out when something dies. >> >> >> On 7/28/2021 9:39 AM, Chris Fabien wrote: >> > We need to upgrade a roadside FTTH cabinet to a small building. I've >> > never started from scratch before. It will house maybe 2 racks of >> >

[AFMUG] Building a CO

2021-07-28 Thread Chris Fabien
We need to upgrade a roadside FTTH cabinet to a small building. I've never started from scratch before. It will house maybe 2 racks of equipment. I'm thinking 10x15 or 10x20 footprint. I know a used tower shelter is an option but I'm leaning towards a real building, maybe concrete for tornado

Re: [AFMUG] Fax line replacement

2021-06-16 Thread Chris Fabien
We use FaxSIPit for this. It is an HTTPS relay method and works well. Number porting is done manually but they handle it quickly, their porting coverage is maybe not as great as say Voip Innovations coverage. They do have support available that knows the system and can resolve issues. The only

Re: [AFMUG] GPON through MUX?

2021-04-05 Thread Chris Fabien
Adam, GPON is 1310/1490. There are definitely ways to overlay DWDM. We overlay 1550 RF video over our GPON and it's probably a way wider signal than DWDM would be. On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 4:33 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > > GPON is 1490 down and 1550 up > > I've been using CWDM which overlaps that.

Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti AP replacement

2021-02-12 Thread Chris Fabien
Upgrade the M5 AP to a rocket 5AC with the updated firmware on the stations will work well and give you a significant performance improvement on a loaded M5 AP. On Fri, Feb 12, 2021, 5:54 PM Mathew Howard wrote: > Yes, the AC APs are backwards compatible. You can't connect an airmax AC >

Re: [AFMUG] router programming

2021-01-17 Thread Chris Fabien
With that list of specs I would be comfortable using a Tik CCR. If you want to start doing multiple upstream with full tables BGP I would go to Juniper. We just finally switched our edge routing to Juniper and it really should have been a couple years ago. On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 5:52 PM Chuck

Re: [AFMUG] Need a 200-400 watt load

2021-01-07 Thread Chris Fabien
I killed a Tripp-Lite UPS once using a 750 watt space heater to try to load test. Their excuse was spike of inrush as heater element heated up. Sounded like BS to me and they did RMA it but anyway if you use light bulbs I'd plug them in one at a time to avoid a similar situation. On Thu, Jan 7,

Re: [AFMUG] Mikrotik 1072 Frustrations

2020-12-31 Thread Chris Fabien
We Just pulled a Maxxwave Vengence CHR from an edge router role. Had some major major issues with iBGP route convergence with another x86 based mikrotik router where each router had a full table from an upstream and they needed to synchronize between them. Even when we moved the upstreams to all

Re: [AFMUG] OT glad I lived this long

2020-12-29 Thread Chris Fabien
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" Getting pretty dang close on this one I think. Amazing stuff. On Tue, Dec 29, 2020 at 11:33 PM Chuck McCown via AF wrote: > > https://youtu.be/fn3KWM1kuAw > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] OT PPE

2020-12-24 Thread Chris Fabien
For vac ex crew you might look into some of the goggles that dirt bike racers and the like use with plastic tear-offs to clear the mud. When I have run the vac to be honest I found safety glasses too annoying to use because they got dirty in about 10 seconds and once you're covered in mud there's

Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower

2020-12-21 Thread Chris Fabien
Original Message - > From: "Chris Fabien" > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Sent: Monday, December 21, 2020 9:42:12 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower > > Just make him rent a lift when you need to service it. Not your fault

Re: [AFMUG] stabilizing an Unguyed tower

2020-12-21 Thread Chris Fabien
Just make him rent a lift when you need to service it. Not your fault he build a sketchy tower. I think your proposed guy wires would do little improve climber comfort and zero to improve actual safety. On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 10:20 PM Craig House wrote: > > The attached drawing is rough but I

Re: [AFMUG] OT vac ex in freezing temps

2020-12-04 Thread Chris Fabien
I would add a diesel powered water heater like hot water pressure washers use into the pressure circuit. This would help keep the vacuum hose from freezing while excavating, and then set up a recirculate system where they disconnect the wand and plug the end of the hose into a fitting that returns

Re: [AFMUG] Time on Analog Phones

2020-11-06 Thread Chris Fabien
Time comes in the Caller ID data. Your ATA or ONT needs to know the correct time. On Fri, Nov 6, 2020 at 9:55 AM Adam Moffett wrote: > That's kinda where I'm at too. I'm sure our ATA's were giving time to > people's handsets too because this came up a lot after they changed the > daylight

Re: [AFMUG] OT compensation

2020-10-30 Thread Chris Fabien
Chuck, I like your idea but I think the pay for each category is too low for some of them. A competent drill operator or splicer should be worth much more than $16/hr. Likewise a guy that can literally do any job in the company is probably a $30/hr guy not $20/hr. On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 7:16 PM

Re: [AFMUG] GPON - alternate wavelengths

2020-10-20 Thread Chris Fabien
Jared - " What you can do is transport multiple PONs over a single fiber using CWDM wavelengths. However, you need to do an OEO conversion at the remote side back to standard wavelengths and have separate PON trees for each wavelength." Can you elaborate on what it takes to make this happen? Is

Re: [AFMUG] OT metal detectors

2020-09-30 Thread Chris Fabien
Our water guys use something like this: https://www.schonstedt.com/products/ga-52cx/ But I have only ever seen them use it to find valve lids or risers that have been covered by a little bit of dirt or paved over. Tell the drill guys next time they break off priority #1 is mark where the head is!

Re: [AFMUG] GPON over radio

2020-09-22 Thread Chris Fabien
. On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 2:30 PM wrote: > With Calix you can go way beyond 20 km if you split less. So the timing > for them is not as tight as the GPON spec. > > *From:* Chris Fabien > *Sent:* Sunday, September 20, 2020 8:08 PM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >

Re: [AFMUG] GPON over radio

2020-09-20 Thread Chris Fabien
I've talked to someone who made a GPON extender out of back to back SFPs so its probably not entirely nuts. The timing range is pretty narrow so you'll have to consider any delay in the radio link will be significant. Many platforms the nearest to furthest ONU must be within 20km even if they are

Re: [AFMUG] My solution

2020-09-09 Thread Chris Fabien
Sorry I meant slack of the outside flat drop intact, takes about a 12" square box to be able to make it coil in there. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 9:17 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > This has slack storage and a splice holder. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 9, 2020, at 6:36 PM,

Re: [AFMUG] My solution

2020-09-09 Thread Chris Fabien
We had way more field failures with AFL Fastconnects than after we switched to spliced pigtails. We use a little larger NID that allows for some slack storage and has a splice holder. Tii 506F. Chris On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 8:13 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > I think I will switch to a mechanical.

Re: [AFMUG] Possible Fiber project for school

2020-09-09 Thread Chris Fabien
Mark, I am NOT at all an e-rate expert, we have only ever bid on one project. But, I believe there is a requirement that the school can only get funding for special construction (your option 1) if they were unable to purchase the services they need on a monthly service basis. I think you may want

Re: [AFMUG] Circle parental control device

2020-09-09 Thread Chris Fabien
They use ARP spoofing and can definitely cause problems. We tested one and they were not compatible with the SmartRG SR400 routers we use. Their support was no help whatsoever either. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 4:59 PM Ken Hohhof wrote: > H, does that work seamlessly, or could it cause problems

Re: [AFMUG] Possible Fiber project for school

2020-09-09 Thread Chris Fabien
If you have the strands available #2 is the money maker. On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 3:50 PM wrote: > There is also fabric innerduct which you can use to sub-duct an occupied > duct. However, in a 1.25" duct it will be a *really* tight squeeze. > > > Jared > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 09 > >

Re: [AFMUG] Upstream Bandwidth Question

2020-08-28 Thread Chris Fabien
Mark, I would go for option B as well, as long as you can thoroughly verify that you're achieving a completely diverse path. That way as you grow, assuming you keep the links the same size over the years you're at 2/3 capacity in an outage not 1/2 capacity. The verify it's actually redundant can

Re: [AFMUG] Installer tool list

2020-08-25 Thread Chris Fabien
Takes a 1/2" bit to pass a pre-terminated SC connector, unless you are using the type where you put on the connector shell later. On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 3:14 PM Lewis Bergman wrote: > Where do you buy those booger picks? > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2020 at 2:05 PM wrote: > >> 5’ step ladder >> >>

Re: [AFMUG] OT: Geothermal Power Quality

2020-08-14 Thread Chris Fabien
It's probably a precautionary statement rather than a "this will not work". Depending on the quality and size of the generator you could have issues starting the compressor for example and end up feeding high current into a stalled motor until a breaker trips. I would expect a modern geothermal

Re: [AFMUG] CPE Install Costs.xlsx

2020-08-13 Thread Chris Fabien
I would say no on both of those. If you want to push through microduct you need a real stiff cable. That makes it not so nice for the rest of the install. If you want a premade assembly that you can staple around a house or to joists in a basement, look at the Corning rugged drop cables. They

Re: [AFMUG] CPE Install Costs.xlsx

2020-08-12 Thread Chris Fabien
Chuck, we are close to your proposed design. We use a Tii 506f NID, fusion splice pigtail, pre-terminated cable assembly from NID to biscuit style wall jack. Either a corning RuggedDrop for ~$25-35 or one of the blue fiberstore cables Mark linked, which are our default unless we need to house wrap

Re: [AFMUG] SC-APC patch Cables

2020-07-25 Thread Chris Fabien
Graybar stocks a corning rugged drop assembly which is a 5mm indoor outdoor cable with single tight buffer BIF with SC APC on either end. 100ft is about $40 I think. On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 2:50 PM Nate Burke wrote: > Anyone have a good US Source for SC-APC Patch cables, 30M indoor. Most > of

Re: [AFMUG] OT generator stabilizer

2020-06-22 Thread Chris Fabien
It will probably look like a clean sine wave but there is a control loop in the voltage regulator that adjusts the field voltage to generate the correct output voltage. That loop has some instability under zero load, that's what it sounds like to me anyway. On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 3:57 PM Josh

Re: [AFMUG] OT generator stabilizer

2020-06-22 Thread Chris Fabien
What kind of generator? Cheap one? That seems like probably voltage fluctuation causing that. If I were going to use a small generator I'd go for a honda 2000 or 3000 inverter generator, or one of the competing models. Very quiet, last forever. Chris On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 1:36 PM Bill Prince

Re: [AFMUG] RV Park Fiber

2020-06-11 Thread Chris Fabien
We did a fiber fed unifi system in a 150 site RV campground and it has worked out quite well. Active Ethernet with BiDi optics to a Ubnt Fiber POE and Unifi AP mounted on a 4x4 post between sites or on a building. Hid a 24V 1A POE inside the nearest power pedestal and a short buried cat5 to feed

Re: [AFMUG] Internal fiber

2020-06-05 Thread Chris Fabien
01UR43F050F Graybar normally has these and then 100F version in stock. On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 1:35 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > Do you have a part number for the Corning assembly? I can't seem to > locate it. > > On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 11:

Re: [AFMUG] Internal fiber

2020-06-05 Thread Chris Fabien
Mike, we splice a pigtail onto the flat drop, then a premade cable to a baseboard jack inside. On Fri, Jun 5, 2020 at 9:33 AM Mike Hammett wrote: > For those that are using connectors in the NID, are you using a > pre-terminated drop cable or are you splicing on a pigtail? > > Do you then just

Re: [AFMUG] Internal fiber

2020-06-04 Thread Chris Fabien
We would typically replace the cable run although there is room in the NID and in that baseboard jack to fusion splice a pigtail in a pinch. On Thu, Jun 4, 2020 at 12:48 PM wrote: > This does help, thanks. What do you do when you have to re terminate the > Corning drop? > > *

Re: [AFMUG] Internal fiber

2020-06-04 Thread Chris Fabien
We use one of two options Corning RuggedDrop assembly, is a 5mm 1F tight buffered cable with SC/APC on either end, outside rated in case you need to house wrap, we use this from the NID to a baseboard jack. These are $25-35 range for 50-100ft length. Fiberstore armored patch cables - 3mm with a

Re: [AFMUG] Dark Fiber Pricing

2020-04-20 Thread Chris Fabien
r part of the > repair cost? Or is that for like accessing the electronics on the ends of > the fiber. > > On 4/20/2020 2:10 PM, Chris Fabien wrote: > > Those seem like fair rates, is that all inclusive or will you also get > billed for maintenance annually or per-event? > >

Re: [AFMUG] Dark Fiber Pricing

2020-04-20 Thread Chris Fabien
Those seem like fair rates, is that all inclusive or will you also get billed for maintenance annually or per-event? On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 2:44 PM Jeremy Grip wrote: > Can anybody give me an idea of reasonable dark fiber pricing per strand > mile? I’m trying to figure out if the rates Vermont

Re: [AFMUG] Market saturation

2020-04-16 Thread Chris Fabien
In our rural areas, with FTTH on a road for several years, we usually get no higher than 75%. On Wed, Apr 15, 2020, 12:30 AM Steve Jones wrote: > What percentage of rural customers would you all consider saturated? > > I have access to some new datasets and it disturbing. It's good >

Re: [AFMUG] OT Covid measures at work

2020-03-28 Thread Chris Fabien
Chuck, we came up with a very similar approach. No shared trucks, no shared spaces like lunchrooms, our office building only has 3-4 employees in a 3200 sqft building with 4 restrooms so we are assigning a restroom to each person and literally zero contact, call them on the phone if you need

Re: [AFMUG] OT Hiring

2020-03-10 Thread Chris Fabien
We've had this same problem in the past. This year we advertised two days for walk-in interviews. Have had about 16 people walk in so far and several very good candidates. Might be worth a shot. At least you get people that are motivated enough to show up. Chris On Tue, Mar 10, 2020 at 1:04 PM

Re: [AFMUG] equipment lease/purchase companies

2020-02-29 Thread Chris Fabien
We have done some with LCA and process has been fine but rates a bit high. Latest equipment we have financed through the dealer at around 5-5.5% I believe. On Fri, Feb 28, 2020, 1:33 PM Dev wrote: > Has anyone had a good experience with equipment lease/purchase/finance > companies for things

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-26 Thread Chris Fabien
So sounds like consensus is we can continue to operate under the NN license until 10/24/2022? I do have these AP locations registered and will double check power is within limits. Thanks Chris On Wed, Feb 26, 2020, 10:32 AM Mark Radabaugh wrote: > I would very much second that statement - make

Re: [AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Chris Fabien
No... On Tue, Feb 25, 2020, 1:11 PM Eric Nielsen wrote: > Did you register for grandfathered status before the deadline? > > On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 12:51 PM Chris Fabien wrote: > >> We have a little bit of old WiMax gear, PMP320 and Telrad. At some point >> my un

[AFMUG] 3.65 NN License Expiry

2020-02-25 Thread Chris Fabien
We have a little bit of old WiMax gear, PMP320 and Telrad. At some point my understanding was we could operate this until the expiry of our 10 year license. Has that changed now? We are not planning to deploy anything under CBRS just will let these few customers stay on until we have to shut it

Re: [AFMUG] Cable TV Monies

2020-01-10 Thread Chris Fabien
Matt, come for a visit in Michigan and I can take you around to several smaller companies building out fiber in rural areas with private funding. We ARE seeing it, I am doing it personally with over 60 miles of fiber in the ground now. On Thu, Jan 9, 2020 at 12:48 PM Matt Hoppes <

Re: [AFMUG] why can't guys call tech support?

2019-12-24 Thread Chris Fabien
The ones I love are the wife calling in, husband clearly in same room and won't talk on the phone himself, but wants to be controlling give the wife a play by play. "They say to find the black wire coming in from outside and follow it to the power supply, see if it has a light lit" "Mumble mumble

[AFMUG] Commercial Shop Building

2019-11-25 Thread Chris Fabien
Hey AF guys, We are going to be consolidating our office/tech employees and our fiber construction in a new facility, buying an existing office building and we will add a shop/warehouse building to be storage, vehicle parking, and equipment maintenance. I have seen some related discussion on the

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber question

2019-10-22 Thread Chris Fabien
We have powered cabinets in the ROW. Has been fine so far. One adjacent homeowner was a PIA for a while. On Mon, Oct 21, 2019, 8:42 PM Jon Langeler wrote: > Thanks guys! I might check both avenues > > Jon Langeler > Michwave Technologies, Inc. > > > On Oct 21, 2019, at 7:36 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com

Re: [AFMUG] ZTE Fiber onu availability

2019-09-18 Thread Chris Fabien
The china sources I have do not have the AC wifi models We just run the F660 4-port ONU in bridge mode and use standalone router. On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 9:39 AM Louis Arsenault wrote: > Hey guys, > > We are running short on ZTE ONU's. ZTE Corp says they are out of stock and > may not ever

Re: [AFMUG] tecnu

2019-08-09 Thread Chris Fabien
I'm lucky to not be sensitive to posion ivy but I've always recommended rubbing alcohol to remove. Even handed the guys commscope alcohol wipes that come with splice cases in a pinch. Seems to do the trick. On Thu, Aug 8, 2019, 9:44 PM Steve Jones wrote: > I always thought mineral spirits

Re: [AFMUG] Future FTTH bandwidth usage standard

2019-08-08 Thread Chris Fabien
Mark, I'm working on a grant application and they are wanting to see proof (and a PE stamp) on the design that it will meet performance requirements for X years. I'm very comfortable with GPON at a 32 split or less being fine for probably at least 8+ years. Just was asking if there is an industry

Re: [AFMUG] Future FTTH bandwidth usage standard

2019-08-08 Thread Chris Fabien
How do you forecast that to increase in the future? Double every year? Every 2 years? Is there a Moore's Law for bandwidth usage? On Thu, Aug 8, 2019 at 6:37 PM wrote: > 4 Mbps is what my average works out to. > > *From:* Chris Fabien > *Sent:* Thursday, August 8,

Re: [AFMUG] Indoor/Outdoor Fiber Patch

2019-08-07 Thread Chris Fabien
Corning makes a "rugged drop" assembly Graybar has them in stock in several sizes. Not armored but very sturdy jacket, I think they only come in SC/APC ends. We use for run from NID to a baseboard jack. On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 11:22 AM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote: > I

Re: [AFMUG] Utility tent air conditioner

2019-07-26 Thread Chris Fabien
1100 BTU is not much cooling. I bet it wouldn't make much of a difference unless you hooked it right up to the leg of your pants. Maybe that's not a terrible idea actually. On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 2:55 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > Do you all use an air conditioner in your utility tent? > > I was

Re: [AFMUG] uptime monitoring

2019-06-20 Thread Chris Fabien
Ping Plotter On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 12:43 PM Chuck McCown wrote: > I am at the mercy of another service provider at a couple of sites. > Lately they have been having big problems on their fiber system. > > What is the best cheap and dirty program to just continually ping > something and make a

Re: [AFMUG] RIP Tower History

2019-06-19 Thread Chris Fabien
We had american tower demo a perfectly good 250ft self supporter less than 20 years old. Took about 6 months after the last carrier left and one day I drove by and a crew had it half unstacked by crane. Looked like it was being cut up for scrap. I wish they would have put a for sale sign out front

Re: [AFMUG] MST to SCU or LCU patch cables

2019-06-13 Thread Chris Fabien
Wouldn't this just be a standard drop cable assembly from Commscope? They will make to any length with your preferred connector on the house side. On Thu, Jun 13, 2019 at 1:19 PM Carl Peterson wrote: > Anyone know if these exist? I.e if you put an MST on a tower and wanted > to run a patch

Re: [AFMUG] Fiber drop reel sizes

2019-06-10 Thread Chris Fabien
We have been getting 2000ft spools mainly for handling weight, it's about the most a single guy can lift and get onto the drop plow. Yea, there is a lot of 100-150ft scraps thrown out. But working from big reels is a royal pain in the reat too. On Mon, Jun 10, 2019 at 5:48 PM Adam Moffett

Re: [AFMUG] BiDi wavelengths

2019-05-30 Thread Chris Fabien
Another possible application, if you want to use 1550 to pass RF CATV over the same fiber to a customer. On Wed, May 29, 2019 at 5:10 PM Adam Moffett wrote: > I'd been buying BiDi's all along that use 1310 and 1550nm (blue and > yellow). > > I just got some pairs that are 1310 and 1490 (blue

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