[AusNOG] Water in Fibre cables

[Matthew Moyle-Croft]

On 09/03/2012, at 11:42 AM, XiTatiON wrote:

> Yup where required new cabinets will be installed...
> 
> I believe the plan is to also retro fit into existing spots where possible, unless this has changed.

Not sure how you'd retro fit this into "existing spots" in an even vaguely nice and supportable way.

MMC

> 
> On 9/03/2012 12:09 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On 09/03/2012, at 11:33 AM, XiTatiON wrote:
>> 
>>> http://blogs.cisco.com/wp-content/uploads/NBN-fibre-serving-area-550x388.jpg  (sorry not the best picture ever... couldn't find a better one though.)
>>> 
>>> So basically what happens is a single fiber runs from the OLT to a passive splitter that you will find in some of the old Telstra poles and pits around the place.  A single fiber is used for TX and RX using different wavelengths. 
>> 
>> Splitters are in roadside cabinets.  See this photo for an example:
>> 
>> http://1mmc.com/pub/nbn-roadside-cab.jpg
>> 
>> Top of the cabinet are the splitters - fibre connectors on the back panel are towards the customers.  
>> 
>> Moving customers around and connecting them is dead easy, just need a fibre cleaner.   You can see how easy it is to           reposition customers between splitters if one runs out of bandwidth or you move to a new technology.
>> 
>> MMC
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