Anyone here have techinal insights and experience about fibre
installations?

I was scheduled to have a fibre installation the other day.
First, the tech was given the wrong address. After that was
rectified, he told me that he was told that my building "didn't
qualify", even though we could see spare loops of fibre cable
on some nearby poles, *and* there were even two spare ports on
the terminal. My neighbor had a fibre feed to his building, no
problem.

When I asked what "didn't qualify" meant, all he could tell me
was that first there wasn't any "assignment" for my address -
which was later corrected - but something else is behind the
"didn't qualify". As a tech installer, he had no idea what is
behind those classifications. With two spare "unassigned"
ports, that seemed strange to the tech. He was simply told
that they weren't available to use.

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Re: fibre experience, anyone?
By: August Abolins to All on Sat Apr 20 2024 08:40:00

Hi,

With two spare "unassigned"
ports, that seemed strange to the tech. He was simply told
that they weren't available to use.

I am sure the rules vary wildly between providers and locations but, assuming this is a PON based service, it's possible that they would have a rule to leave one port free on each splitter to move a customer onto in case of a fault? Splitters don't tend to go faulty but you never know.

Some providers will also leave a reflector on one port of each splitter to allow them to run OTDR tests, again not all that common but who knows?

I'd have thought the installer would know about either of these cases, though, so my best guess would be admin error :)

BobW
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Hello Bob Worm!

I am sure the rules vary wildly between providers and
locations but, assuming this is a PON based service, it's
possible that they would have a rule to leave one port
free on each splitter [...]

Some providers will also leave a reflector on one port of
each splitter[...]

I'd have thought the installer would know about either of
these cases, though, so my best guess would be admin error
:)

I have no idea what the issue was, but I called for the status
of the installation yeasterday, and I got an installation
today.

The feed is from a completely different direction.

And.. unfortunately, the entry point is at the back of my
building instead of the front where access to my existing wired
network would be best. The installer just used an old plugged
up hole that used to be for the oil tank. Instead, I only have
a sole Deco x50 pod unit to work with - provided by the ISP.
If I had another Deco pod then it would be easier to reach the
location of my desktop and its locally wired devices.

Now, I am wondering if I can rig up a spare router to talk wifi
with the Deco so that I can can simply plug my network into
that router. Seems like I would need another Deco x50, or any
other router that has WDS (wireless distribution system).

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