Hand Dug Poles: Rate of Placement
One crew can place 2 hand dug poles/day under good conditions
View ArticleHow Many 11U Nortel 5200 Fit in a 42U Rack?
AT&T field tech at site S says that only one Nortel 5200, 11U, fits in a 42U rack. This seems weird, so we're going to raise it with the AT&T account team.Unfortunately (for us) the rack is a...
View ArticleFiber construction per day
Now that most poles have been set and anchors, strand, and make ready are well underway, average fiber installation per day is expected to be 5,000 feet
View ArticleEquipment huts
If we end up getting NTIA ARRA funds for broadband deployment in California, we may need as many as 16 equipment huts. I'll keep track of some of our research here.Prior ExperienceWe already have...
View ArticleExpected cost to Google for fiber (FTTH) project
Interesting analysis and comments on expected cost to Google for fiber (FTTH) project
View ArticleGoogle FTTH Forcing Routed and Optical Networks to Commodity Components?
Eve Griliches, managing partner, ACG Research, blogged that Google’s [FTTH] plan -- and its typical mode of operation -- could spell disaster for Western system vendors. “Google has already built a...
View ArticleDid Google buy dark fiber or get the much more available IRUs?
Did Google buy dark fiber or get the much more available IRUs? (This article doesn't say and others don't either.) Even Telecom Ramblings doesn't have an opinion, so maybe it doesn't matter.One comment...
View ArticleGoogle Not a CLEC?
Google doesn't show up as a CLEC in FCC CLEC Search.Does this mean they don't own the dark fiber, but are IRU leasing?
View ArticleSolution to Rodents Chewing Aerial Fiber?
Possible solution for squirrels chewing the aerial fiber cable in the coastal hills, based on utility company recommendations--Chew GuardHere's a cable outer sheath http://bit.ly/9DIlHL
View ArticleLightwave: Is Active Ethernet best FTTH option for Google?
Is Active Ethernet best FTTH [fiber to the home] option for Google?
View ArticleFiber cable online installation training
Fiber cable online installation training - Cabling Installation & Maintenance
View ArticleInteroute fiber to Istanbul
Interoute fiber to Istanbul | Telecom Ramblingsminimum 3 ducts, 48 pairsinfrastructuredark fiber
View ArticleRevised TIA-942 to recommend specific optical connectors
Revised TIA-942, TIA-942A, likely to recommendLC & MPO for MM fiber at equipment outlet (EO) & external network interface (ENI); LC & MPO for SM at EO; Angled LC for SM at ENI
View ArticleDraka SLIM bend-insensitive OM3/4 multimode fiber for datacenters
Draka SLIM bend-insensitive OM3/4 multimode fiber; small form factor; multi-fiber dense push-on MPO
View ArticleSurvey of global data & voice submarine cable #infrastructure...
Survey of global data & voice submarine cable infrastructure
View ArticleF3X Optical Network Fiber Fault Finder Gun
F3X Optical Network Fiber Fault Finder Gun <-wonder if this works
View ArticleGIS, Google Maps, Ubisense
GIS, Google Maps, Ubisense possibly of use with fiber cable path maps
View ArticleKinber - Pennsylvania Statewide Fiber Optic Network
Kinber selects Quanta/Sunesys to design/install a statewide 1600mile fibre optic network in Pennsylvania. $118.5m
View ArticleCorning Aerial and Underground Fiber in Australia
From the Corning PR blurb:FlexNAP™ terminal distribution system with RPX™ ribbon cable for aerial installations and ALTOS® ribbon cable featuring the industry’s best performing enhanced low-loss ITU-T...
View ArticleCorning Unveils Lower-Loss Fiber
Excerpt: next generation of its LEAF non-zero dispersion shifted fiber. The new version is optimized for longhaul applications, with an attenuation specification at $0.19db/km at 1550nm. That...
View ArticleFiber Path Risk Assessment
Fiber Path Risk AssessmentRisk assessment study:Create aggregate exposure grids for the area to be studied based on:historical natural disaster (earthquake, mass movement, slump and debris flow,...
View ArticlePointer: Effect of earthquake motion on the mechanical reliability of optical...
Effect of earthquake motion on the mechanical reliability of optical cablesProc. SPIE 1366, 334 (1991); doi:10.1117/12.2472118 September 1990Patrick W. Hart and Russ TuckerPacific Bell (USA)Hakan H....
View ArticleFiber Optic Cable in Earthquake Zones
Fiber Optic Cable in Earthquake ZonesCorning is unaware of any “earthquake proof” cables; making such a product is likelyimpossible. Rather, Corning recommends these “best practices” to minimize the...
View ArticleFiber and Seismic Risk
Risk assessment study:Create aggregate exposure grids for the area to be studied based on the historical natural disaster (earthquake, mass movement, slump and debris flow, hurricane and flooding),...
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