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 w
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
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 tasted
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
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, 2
Is there any standard or common rule of thumb to design for future usage
when designing a FTTH deployment? As in, we estimate average usage per sub
to be 2Mbps now and increase by 40% per year. The intent being to certify
that your design will meet demand for say 10 years.
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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 n
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 eye
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
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
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 cabl
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 wrote:
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 and
Those metal clips work well but I don't like running flat fiber drop along
a wall. Sure doesn't like to bend and lay flat so you're limited to going
up the wall or I suppose across it. We tend to cover with conduit or
U-channel where it has to be attached to a wall.
On Sun, May 5, 2019 at 4:05 PM
Sarasota county florida uses SCAT for their busses. I'm guessing they just
didnt care.
On Mon, Apr 1, 2019, 10:22 PM Bill Prince wrote:
>
> You wonder how that can happen. My SO just reminded me that back when they
> started the Santa Clara light rail, they were going to call it SCAT (Santa
> Cl
We do essentially the same using MapInfo Professional. I'm not sure it's
the best software but it gets the job done.
Some permit agencies require using a locatable method to cross the road.
Meaning yes you need a drill and cant use a missile or compaction boring
setup. Worth asking though.
On Sa
Big thing here in mid Michigan. Never had heard of it when I lived in
Cleveland OH even though there is also a polish population there.
On Tue, Mar 5, 2019, 11:35 PM Ken Hohhof wrote:
> Do other places have Pączki Day or is it just a Chicago thing? Or any
> place with a large Polish population?
00k was a quote at one point. Weve got a little under half that in
>>>> microwave solutions spread over the years and we are coming up on
>>>> consistent 1/3 capacity with spikes over half, so we will outgrow that
>>>> investment again in a relatively short period
Fiberstore
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:35 PM Jason McKemie <
j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:
> Where are you sourcing your splitters?
>
> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:50 AM Chris Fabien wrote:
>
>> Chuck
>> Here is a quick sketch of the optical tap split w
We buy the bare splitters and splice them. Fits nicely in a Tyco A size
tray.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019, 11:53 AM wrote:
> Are you using those tap splitters that are connectorized or are you just
> hard splicing a non symmetrical splitter block at each drop?
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
>
adds another
work step blowing or pulling the cable into the duct.
On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 11:11 AM wrote:
> Chris,
> I would love to have you post a schematic diagram of your low count PON
> system.
> Do you use duct or direct burial?
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
> *Sent:* Frida
We do fiber in 5-20 houses per mile areas. You have to get the cost down as
much as possible. We plow most of our mainline direct buried, often use a
12-count tonable flat drop as mainline on side roads. With the right GPON
splitting topology you can feed several hundred houses on a 12-count fiber
You can always set a handhole of yours right next to theirs, if your goal
is leaving option for an easy future interconnect. Or just stub a duct
right next to theirs with good records of its location.
On Fri, Feb 22, 2019, 5:17 PM Steve Jones wrote:
> we had some duct bored from one of our provi
ying gasp functionality? Where they can send back a I
> just lost power message?
>
> On Feb 20, 2019, at 7:53 AM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
> Your first troubleshooting step is look at customers down and why they are
> down. Most OLTs will track whether an ONU is offline due to power loss vs
Your first troubleshooting step is look at customers down and why they are
down. Most OLTs will track whether an ONU is offline due to power loss vs
signal loss.
When you get to finding an actual break, if the fiber is dark from the
customer end you ban use a normal otdr. They also make otdr that
When we first started running fiber we tried this, mainly because our
county was being difficult to work with on ROW access. It only took about 8
houses before we ran into "nope, some lawyer once told me never sign an
easement ever".
We did have a fairly simple 2 page easement drawn up and can fil
We usually place one per block, and run 2 or 3 ducts so you can dig down
and cut into one for a mid-block drop. Weve never placed one in a sidewalk
or paved alley etc.
On Tue, Feb 5, 2019, 8:47 AM Mike Hammett When you guys are doing fiber builds in random small towns, how often do
> you set vaul
If you put a volt meter on it I bet you see more like 16-18 volts while
it's trying to boost the car battery.
I've done the same with a Milwaukee 18v drill battery and two short wires.
Works surprisingly well. Saved myself calling for a jump several times when
I left a van door open too long at a
t.
>
> Perhaps bury them in enough paperwork and they will cave. Also, how cold
> MI requires a municipal permit in unincorporated areas?
>
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
> *Sent:* Saturday, January 26, 2019 5:18 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] H
There's lots of variations on this locality dependent.
For example in MI I need a state-mandated municipal permit to have telecom
infrastructure in the ROW even for an aerial run on someone else's poles.
Our county had to be satisfied we were a "real public utility" before they
would issue under
"Access to strands at any existing splice point or slack storage"
Expect to pay for their splicer to come do the splices for you.
On Thu, Jan 24, 2019, 1:16 PM Erich Kaiser Existing Splice Point.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 12:11 PM Adam Moffett wrote:
>
>> They already have a closure
My kindergarten age daughter brought home a tiny tub of this from a
birthday party as a favor. Premixed in this incarnation. It's basically
glittery silly putty with an odd floral-ish scent. She obsessed over it for
days. I sure hope she doesn't see that commercial!!
On Thu, Jan 17, 2019, 7:32 PM
the reasoning?
>
> On Fri, Jan 4, 2019, 4:20 PM Adam Moffett
>> My only reason for sticking with the loose tube drop cable vs the 900um
>> tight buffer is that it's my understanding that loose tube is better for
>> underground. Maybe I should get past my prejudice aga
tter for
> underground. Maybe I should get past my prejudice against tight buffered
> fiber.
> -Adam
>
>
> On 1/3/2019 8:56 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
> My guys got good at using a AFL Fast Connect with a 3mm boot and getting
> the distances right to just have the loose tube en
Oh, very interesting. Looks like a copy of the multilink one. And probably
did a better job of it. Thanks.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 8:50 PM Adam Moffett wrote:
> Spec sheet attach
>
> On 1/3/2019 5:27 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
> What's the commscope product that is comparabl
My guys got good at using a AFL Fast Connect with a 3mm boot and getting
the distances right to just have the loose tube ending inside the boot.
Sometimes a piece of heatshrink over the end of the boot as well. The loose
tube is fairly rigid but it work OK in our fairly large NIDs .
Now we are usi
e tray too. The drop
> cable compartment has a snap lid now and I think it had a hasp to
> optionally secure it with a wire or zip tie. Disclaimer.the newer
> Optima version I saw was a 3D printed prototype, so it may still be
> different.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 1/3/2019 5:
It's not a stupid idea. For Aerial espicially there is a big advantage
without the cost of the hardened connector terminals.
We tested the Optima S about a year ago, unfortunately they leaked terribly
with a flat drop gasket in the mainline (in a handhole application). Design
flaw that was never t
ect-buried line gets
>> hit, especially next to a road etc, it may be needed to get locates,
>> arrange a drill, electrical/gas line safety watch, etc, possibly even
>> arrange more permitting for a new vault, which will often move time to
>> repair to days or a week
Steve in our area we could do that "on the cheap" with 12 or 24 count cable
direct buried for around 100k. There are so many variables though. You
really need someone who has done work in that area and is familiar with
permitting costs and requirements. I'd it's so rural that you can plow the
bulk
Can you link to the appropriate MUX solution for this? Or how to cobble it?
1310/1490 GPOan plus 1550ish DWDM would be interesting.
On Thu, Dec 20, 2018, 6:23 PM Mark Radabaugh Yep - we have a single fiber IRU we run multiple 10Gb waves as well as
> GPON on. Works fine and let us inexpensively
In our earlier network we deployed FTC11 inside plastic NIDs. Works well.
It's an unmanaged device. In 4 years I don't think we could have prevented
a single service call by being able to log into the media converter. It
might give you a hint as to what's wrong but a tech still has to go fix it.
We
Not sure about that kit but if it's true, either leave the cap lose or
drill a small hole through the neck of the tank under the threads to give
it a vent. Easy fix.
On Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 10:16 PM Ken Hohhof The B.E.R.G. extended run tank kit includes a red plastic marine tank with
> a vented cap
Chuck many Frontier areas near us only serve DSL from the CO in town. But
the rate center might span an area 10x20 miles. They do have remote
terminals but only for dial tone. Some of their remotes are even fiber fed
already, but never had DSLAMs installed. Others are just fed by a few T1s.
At any
What's the cost? Would it be robust enough to hang and mainline on a rural
sideroad?
On Sat, Dec 8, 2018, 7:08 PM Adam Moffett This drop cable looks basically like a figure-8 cable, but it's all
> dielectric.
> It's exactly what I've been hunting for: A solution for rural drops on
> long spans i
We are selling Rodeo. It's been a bumpy road but mostly working well now.
The contact you want is Frank Befera f.bef...@rodeonetworka.com.
On Tue, Nov 20, 2018, 11:33 AM Adam Moffett Does anyone have a contact for Rodeo Networks about their IP TV thing?
> I picked up a business card at WISP Ame
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>
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>
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Ken
We evaluated about 8 routers a couple years ago wanting a solid managed
wifi offering. Calix GigaCenter 844E and SmartRG SR400AC were standouts
from the rest of the lot which included cambium, ready net, ignitenet and a
few consumer routers for comparison. Between the two the 844E had slightl
Chuck, We do almost all drops with an older case Maxi-Sneaker. Ours has the
trencher and roto-bore attachment for crossing driveways so it's quite
versatile. Running a drop can take us from 15 mintues to several hours
depending on distance and complexity. The maxi-sneaker is a good fit for
FTTH in
For a FTTH install we charge $249 and include the first 125ft, $0.50 per
foot beyond that. The cable is about 0.13 a foot so that covers our costs
on most drops unless things get really tricky.
On Wed, Nov 7, 2018, 12:15 PM Adam Moffett Do you guys charge to plow in a drop cable? If so, how much
Rory we have ruckus gear in operation with on-site controllers that is way
out of support and still working ok? Is that only true for some of their
products?
On Mon, Oct 29, 2018, 5:34 PM Rory Conaway wrote:
> They also have yearly support fees and will shut your equipment off if you
> don’t pa
We sell managed wifi for residential using SmartRG routers. Central
management and "smart home analytics" to monitor and log wifi performance
over time. And they do have a mesh ability for large homes. Worth a look.
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018, 10:05 PM Steve Jones
wrote:
> does cambium do clean handof
I'm not sure I believe a 3x difference BUT Corning drop is some of the most
flexible drop I've handled, it may have smaller fiberglass rods than others.
I suspect the real difference is the exact test specification. Fiberstore
may hang 1200N on it in a lab and say, well it didnt break so you're go
My guess it will not be much different strength than corning drop.
FS does make some drop with steel wire reinforcement, I'm not sure if that
would be any better because of the higher weight.
On Thu, Oct 25, 2018, 12:48 PM Adam Moffett wrote:
> This cable at FS:
> https://www.fs.com/index.php?m
That's impressive production plowing two bundles of micro ducts. I notice
you have the steel quad track setup. What made you get that vs rubber
tracks? Is that s pain when needing to cross pavement?
On Fri, Oct 19, 2018, 3:03 PM wrote:
> Made an auxillary chute to add capacity to the plow.
> We
ctober 10, 2018, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
>> We tested the UBNT gear back when it first came out. Didnt like their
>> management system and they changed the temp rating on the ONU to only 0C
>> which killed a key benefit being able to switch existing wireless customers
>>
start using GPON which has really helped us lower cost
in our rural low density FTTH. We use optical tap splitting almost
everywhere to reduce strand count.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 8:08 PM Chuck McCown wrote:
> You like it? Have you used other GPON gear?
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien via A
ZTE.
On Wed, Oct 10, 2018, 11:14 AM wrote:
> Whose GPON are you using?
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 9, 2018 6:51 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Active E on the cheap
>
> We have about 200 FTTH customers inst
tiate two different speeds and be ok. Just wondering.
>
> -Adam
>
>
> On 10/9/2018 8:51 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
> We have about 200 FTTH customers installed on FTC11. Overall very few
> problems. Fiberstore BiDi SFPs. We have occasionally had an SFP fail
> We normall
We have about 200 FTTH customers installed on FTC11. Overall very few
problems. Fiberstore BiDi SFPs. We have occasionally had an SFP fail
We normally put them inside another NID but do have a couple installed
bare exposed to rain and have been fine. Not really enough room in the
FTC11 to just ru
Craig, you need to get an engineered design for elevated guy wires like
this. How did you come to the conclusion that a 5.5" diameter conduit pipe
was going to be sufficient?
Even if you want to attempt the calcs yourself, you are way undersized. I
did the calcs myself once with a ME buddy helpin
If you have a fastener supply, a real commercial/industrial type place they
will usually have top quality drill bits for decent price.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018, 1:39 PM Matt wrote:
> Is there an inexpensive place to order drill bits? Seems like we have
> sets with certain bits missing or dull and se
We have the GMP line blowing kit that Jon posted - works great.
On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 9:31 PM, Jon Langeler
wrote:
> A couple options:
>
> https://www.condux.com/products.php?id=170
>
> https://craftworktools.com/89815.html
>
> Jon Langeler
> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
>
>
> On Sep 18, 2018,
Most appliances would have a thermocouple to disable the main valve in
event of loss of pilot. I've seen over-pressure mentioned in several news
articles. Will be interesting to read the final report if it's ever made
public.
On Fri, Sep 14, 2018, 10:55 AM wrote:
> I think it is more plausible t
Calix is totally out of touch on pricing. We talked to them and really
pushed on the pricing. They still sell their GPON gear like it was brand
new technology they invented. In reality its 15 year old commodity tech. It
*should* be cheap.
We are self funded and weren't looking to take on huge debt
We bought direct from a local sawmill when we needed to redo a trailer.
They commonly mill true 2" thick oak or ash for trailer decking. I think it
was around $700 to do a 25x8.5 trailer. Appropriate thickness will be
determined by the equipment and the crossmember spacing on the trailer.
On Wed,
etimes, depends on the utility. Many miles
of telco and catv fiber direct buried though.
On Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:13 PM Chuck McCown wrote:
> How deep?
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 7:01 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re:
ast $2/foot for plowing. All in,
> maybe $3/foot and that is if I am doing my own plowing and splicing.
>
> *From:* Chris Fabien
> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 29, 2018 6:42 PM
> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Ubiquiti Ufiber
>
> We have done 3 cabine
We have done 3 cabinets with cheapo AE (planet switches) and two sites with
cheapo GPON(ZTE). We will be continuing to deploy GPON going forward.
For us, the biggest advantage are ability to use small strand count cable
which saves cost on material and also lets you serve a larger radius from a
c
.
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 1:18 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
>> There are some digging setups that use compressed air (from a big trailer
>> compressor) that can work well in sandy soils, but have heard you really
>> need water to cut through more organic or clay s
> The soil can be extremely hard when it is dry - the power washer would
> probably be helpful for this.
>
> On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 12:33 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
>
>> What the problem with a shovel? Hard clay? Rocks? That will determine
>> what is your best solution.
&
What the problem with a shovel? Hard clay? Rocks? That will determine what
is your best solution.
On Tue, Aug 7, 2018 at 12:28 PM, Jason McKemie <
j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:
> Besides a shovel, what are others using to do this? I was looking for
> something like a mini vacuum excav
We used to do this through Ikano - they may be same company as you
mentioned. We found the wholesale rates to not be competitive and
troubleshooting issues was quite difficult.
On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 3:04 PM, Matt Hoppes <
mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote:
> Anyone here wholesaling Front
We recently ran into this exact situation with AF5X-HD radios. 3ft dishes
with H/V on one end and 45 Slant on the other end. I tried to switch the
H/V antenna to Slant, it looked at first glance like it had provision to do
both but the bolt holes didn't actually line up. However I did monitor
signa
We had a 26 mile ePMP 1000 ptp link running for about 4 years. Overall it
worked well, we got about 70 Mbps throughput. We did see ducting fade
occasionally on calm summer mornings but the radio type is not going to
change that.
On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 1:12 PM, Sam Lambie wrote:
> I am looking at
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