[AusNOG] Water in Fibre cables

[XiTatiON]

Ah yeh that would make more sense :)

The splitters themselves aren't very deep though, could potentially fit 
inside lots of things.  Weatherproofing and bend radius are things that 
need to be considered though.

On 9/03/2012 12:17 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
>
> 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.
>
> You maybe thinking of the underground plant:
>
> An example of an NBN pit (not reused Telstra one mind you in this photo):
>
> http://1mmc.com/pub/nbn-pit.jpg
>
> Top of the pit has the ruggised connector box (preterminated cable 
> into the house) and an example of a fibre joint.   No splicing for 
> last bit into your house - just premade leads.  Just like FiOS - same 
> Corning solution.
>
> You can see water and mud has gotten into the pit but hasn't affected 
> anything as expected.
>
> MMC
>
>
>>
>> On 9/03/2012 12:09 PM, Matthew Moyle-Croft wrote:
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>>> 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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