02-12-2018, 05:22 AM
what do I look for on the poles for (Spectrum) cable?
I've described these before...
Spectrum: gray rectangular box with heatsink fins; cable on both sides with big round connectors, subscriber taps are also gray, separate from the mid-span amps, F-connectors are pointed down, individual cable lines often have red/blue colored tags that indicate status. Cable is round, black, no visible markings from the ground.
Telcom GPON: round black box, slightly tapered, cables enter large end, which has 8 x stainless studs. Hanging tag, black letters on orange background, starting with FO. Fiber is black with orange stripe, tends to be coiled up nearby; this way they can bring the splice box down to ground level, they have a portable workshop in the back of a van.
Main Telcom GPON splice box at "beginning of subdivision" is tan, a little smaller than a dorm fridge, usually mounted on the side of a pole near ground level.
Telcom copper: rectangular black box, orange/black numbers on the side (not hanging down on a separate tag), subscriber connections hanging out of the box.
Telcom copper: shiny silver cylinder, no markings, no subscriber lines.
Telcom DSL: white cabinet, a little bigger than a dorm fridge, with HELCO meter. ADSL2 has a range of about 3 miles from this cabinet, but it gets faster as you get closer.
Telcom HICAP: white or stainless round dome hanging on side of pole, looks like it should have a cake inside. Sometimes visible "upstream" of the RDSLAM.
Telcom does offer EFM ("ethernet first mile") on DSL or HICAP, it's not cheap, but comes with a real SLA and a block of static IP addresses.
I've described these before...
Spectrum: gray rectangular box with heatsink fins; cable on both sides with big round connectors, subscriber taps are also gray, separate from the mid-span amps, F-connectors are pointed down, individual cable lines often have red/blue colored tags that indicate status. Cable is round, black, no visible markings from the ground.
Telcom GPON: round black box, slightly tapered, cables enter large end, which has 8 x stainless studs. Hanging tag, black letters on orange background, starting with FO. Fiber is black with orange stripe, tends to be coiled up nearby; this way they can bring the splice box down to ground level, they have a portable workshop in the back of a van.
Main Telcom GPON splice box at "beginning of subdivision" is tan, a little smaller than a dorm fridge, usually mounted on the side of a pole near ground level.
Telcom copper: rectangular black box, orange/black numbers on the side (not hanging down on a separate tag), subscriber connections hanging out of the box.
Telcom copper: shiny silver cylinder, no markings, no subscriber lines.
Telcom DSL: white cabinet, a little bigger than a dorm fridge, with HELCO meter. ADSL2 has a range of about 3 miles from this cabinet, but it gets faster as you get closer.
Telcom HICAP: white or stainless round dome hanging on side of pole, looks like it should have a cake inside. Sometimes visible "upstream" of the RDSLAM.
Telcom does offer EFM ("ethernet first mile") on DSL or HICAP, it's not cheap, but comes with a real SLA and a block of static IP addresses.