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Cut open a fallen fios cable drop that ran from pole to a house (following
storm damage). Single fiber as thin as a hair with two support "wires" made of fiberglas/epoxy. I had been wondering why, following the storm, fallen coax was removed promptly but the fiber cable was just left. Then it hit me, no metal in the fiber cable so no scrap value... |
Picture of FiOS cable
Oppie wrote: Cut open a fallen fios cable drop that ran from pole to a house (following storm damage). Single fiber as thin as a hair with two support "wires" made of fiberglas/epoxy. I had been wondering why, following the storm, fallen coax was removed promptly but the fiber cable was just left. Then it hit me, no metal in the fiber cable so no scrap value... And no way to locate with their cable finders. |
Picture of FiOS cable
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
m... Oppie wrote: Cut open a fallen fios cable drop that ran from pole to a house (following storm damage). Single fiber as thin as a hair with two support "wires" made of fiberglas/epoxy. I had been wondering why, following the storm, fallen coax was removed promptly but the fiber cable was just left. Then it hit me, no metal in the fiber cable so no scrap value... And no way to locate with their cable finders. I think that they use a metal messenger for buried cable just for that reason. |
Picture of FiOS cable
Oppie wrote: "Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message m... Oppie wrote: Cut open a fallen fios cable drop that ran from pole to a house (following storm damage). Single fiber as thin as a hair with two support "wires" made of fiberglas/epoxy. I had been wondering why, following the storm, fallen coax was removed promptly but the fiber cable was just left. Then it hit me, no metal in the fiber cable so no scrap value... And no way to locate with their cable finders. I think that they use a metal messenger for buried cable just for that reason. I've never seen it installed, so I'll take your word for it. I have installed that bright orange plastic natural gas line that required a continuous piece of 14 AWG for tracking. |
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