08-19-2018, 07:58 AM
Square gray box with fins: Spectrum mid-span amplifier.
Small square gray box with coax taps: Spectrum distribution splitter. Taps face down, usually have red/blue tags.
Square black box, possibly with orange/black numbers: Telcom copper.
Stainless cylinder, possibly with orange/black numbes: Telcom copper.
White cabinet attached to pole with HELCO power meter: Telcom remote DSLAM.
Green/woodgrain cabinet on ground with HELCO power meter and generator feed connector: Telcom remote DSLAM.
White or stainless "cake dome" attached to pole: Telcom mid-span repeater. Sometimes these are a copper feed to an RDSLAM; sometimes they are HDSL (T1) or SHDSL service to someone's house.
Round black can, ribbed, hanging horizontally, stainless studs/black cables on one end, orange/black numbers beginning with FO: Telcom fiber. There is also a small square version of this splice, which will also have orange/black numbers beginning with FO.
Small square gray box with coax taps: Spectrum distribution splitter. Taps face down, usually have red/blue tags.
Square black box, possibly with orange/black numbers: Telcom copper.
Stainless cylinder, possibly with orange/black numbes: Telcom copper.
White cabinet attached to pole with HELCO power meter: Telcom remote DSLAM.
Green/woodgrain cabinet on ground with HELCO power meter and generator feed connector: Telcom remote DSLAM.
White or stainless "cake dome" attached to pole: Telcom mid-span repeater. Sometimes these are a copper feed to an RDSLAM; sometimes they are HDSL (T1) or SHDSL service to someone's house.
Round black can, ribbed, hanging horizontally, stainless studs/black cables on one end, orange/black numbers beginning with FO: Telcom fiber. There is also a small square version of this splice, which will also have orange/black numbers beginning with FO.