You can also do fbt (non-symmetrical) splits like 95/5 90/10 etc where you peel off just enough light for your 1x4 or whatever and keep the rest headed down the strand.
On Tue, Nov 5, 2024, 3:00 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > So with Gpon you could come between 2 trailers, use a 4 way splitter, > feed 2 things, then use 1 to go to the next splitter? I guess that > makes way more sense than a bunch of duct. > > On 11/5/2024 4:55 PM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: > > We throw down 2 microducts minimum. Use one of them to daisy chain > > into the boundary between two homes. The other for spare or > > mainline/express circuits. > > > > We trench between 15 and 30 feet per minute depending on the width and > > depth of cut and depending on the type of blade and attachment. > > Current speed records have all be set with my saw attachment on a > > Vermeer RTX550 using my blades. > > > > After the duct is in the trench, you fill the trench with grout/flow > > fill/low strength concrete. > > Most places require a cap of mastic on top of the concrete but the > > concrete is good enough by itself for many applications. > > > > You can use sprinkler boxes if there is no traffic on them. > > > > Many of my customers get between 2000'-and 4000' each day. But that > > is with a fairly large crew. > > > > You go out ahead of time blocking off the road, doing core drill and > > vacuum for each place you want to branch off a lateral connection. > > > > Much easier, faster and cheaper than drilling. Plowing is always the > > best if you can do it. > > > > Lateral under sidewalks with a missile. > > > > > > > > Best Regards, > > Chuck McCown > > > > McCown Technology Corporation > > 8401 N Commerce Dr > > Lake Point, Utah 84074 > > 801-250-9503 Office > > 435-830-4306 Cell > > www.mccowntech.com > > www.microtrench.pro > > www.terabitnetworks.com > > -----Original Message----- From: Nate Burke > > Sent: Tuesday, November 5, 2024 3:42 PM > > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > > Subject: [AFMUG] Fiber and Microtrenching > > > > The Boss and I are having an arug^H^H^H^H Discussion about installing > > fiber in a campground (Mostly permanent Singlewide units). He thinks > > that it would be too difficult to do. I contend that with > > Microtrenching down the campground roads, this would be the perfect > > deployment for Gpon Fiber. > > > > Campsites are concrete pad Road to road, no dirt runs between multiple > > trailers without lots of concrete cutting. So at most there would be 2 > > trailers fed off each duct drop from the asphalt road. > > > > When you do microtrenching, do you just do a bunch of microduct, then > > break off a microduct whenever you need it? There would probably be ~20 > > microducts that could run out of a central Handhole at the end of the > > street, and feed both sides of the street for 40 trailers. 20 trailers > > per side, 10 microduct drops per side 1 microduct feeding 2 trailers. > > Is that too many for a microtrench? > > > > There is an existing coax cable plant, installed in the early 80's that > > is bandaided together to provide Docsis at about 10mb/5mb, with many > > many outages. All utilities are private, unmarked, and sometimes near > > the surface. > > > > The microtrenching videos make it looks like you just advance down the > > street at a few feet per minute, with a fixed road behind you. Is it > > not that simple? I'm thinking the whole campground of 1500 spots could > > be installed in a few weeks. > > > > Anyone done campground deployments? Tree coverage makes RF not as > > feasible. Downside of fiber is that there are a handful of clearQAM TV > > Channel on the existing coax plant. That's much harder to do with fiber > > without some sort of STB agreement. > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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