Fibre splicing Cape Town

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Hi all

I have fiber coming into my flat but my signal loss is quite high.
I watched quite a number of videos and it turns out turns = higher signal loss.
I have quite a number of turns once the cable enters my flat.

I can get this fiber pretty cheaply: http://amzn.com/B00FW88VTW
It basically has no loss for even sharper turns than I need to make.

TL;DR
I don't have a splicer (nor cleaver) and I would like someone to come out to my place to splice a connector to my incoming fiber outside my flat so I can just join it with the cable above which will run in the relatively more complicated route inside my place.

Can you recommend someone who can splice fiber for me.

The fiber is single mode with LC connectors.
Please only recommend someone if they do a good job.

Thanks!
 
Who is your current FTTH SP?

The equipment to splice fibre costs an absolute fortune (anywhere from R500k-1.5mil), which means it might not be a quick and cheap job to fix something like this up - can't speculate much, however. I can put you in touch with some people if you provide me with the full details.
 
Your post doesn't make sense, maybe I'm just stupid.
You have a fiber with "a number of turns" that you want to replace with a fiber that you can buy cheaply and will use an even more complicated route.

Your high signal loss (Not sure how you measured it) is probably caused by all the turns it is currently making. See if you can't just increase the bend radii a little bit it may just help. It only takes one bend to cause problems.
 
InusB said:
Your post doesn't make sense, maybe I'm just stupid.
You have a fiber with "a number of turns" that you want to replace with a fiber that you can buy cheaply and will use an even more complicated route.
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The route stays the same.

InusB said:
Your high signal loss (Not sure how you measured it) is probably caused by all the turns it is currently making.
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That is exactly what I said, it is almost certainly being caused by it.
The signal loss was measured by the installer using proper equipment.
It works but the loss is pretty high and I want to fix it now before it becomes a possible problem (eg. they are planning to move the router further from the building and I'm close to the limit)

InusB said:
See if you can't just increase the bend radii a little bit it may just help.
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Not really, it is running in conduits. The cost of redoing conduits is about x100 more than replacing the piece of interior fiber with a bend insensitive fiber.

InusB said:
It only takes one bend to cause problems.
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Depends on the fiber you use.
I'm getting some of this instead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bHVguGn4hU
It isn't very expensive and it will make my life a lot easier.
 
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OK, I understand now.

This Corning fiber looks good. You'll probably get a similar result by using ruggedized fiber as well. Might be worth comparing prices.
 
jackshiels said:
Who is your current FTTH SP?

The equipment to splice fibre costs an absolute fortune (anywhere from R500k-1.5mil)
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http://amzn.com/B00FLGA1N4 -> This kit includes every single thing you need, it can be had for R33k.

jackshiels said:
which means it might not be a quick and cheap job to fix something like this up - can't speculate much, however. I can put you in touch with some people if you provide me with the full details.
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It will be in the City in Cape Town.
 
I wouldnt buy a splicer from overseas. Nor would i buy the cheapest splicer around, Maintenance & warranty is very important on those. If i was going to buy a splicer, i'd get a fujikura from DataNet. The new range is in the region of R150k, or the 12core splicer is R600k. Plus another R10k -R20k for the cleaver.

And yes, get a ruggedized lead, or a G.657 4core.
 
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dotVIBE said:
I wouldnt buy a splicer from overseas.
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Amazon has superior support, shipping, returns policy to any local store. I always buy there when I can.

eg. I bought hard-drives on Amazon and unlike local supplier, they don't ask 10 questions when I asked for a return. They simply say, oh we are so sorry, and send me another (and give me 30 days to return the bad one).

Personally I wouldn't buy the cheapest either, but I wouldn't hesitate buying it from Amazon.
 
mechanical splices is not a great option. You get a pretty high DB loss on those. They are mainly used in manholes or hazardous environments. For example, you don't want to use a fusion splicer in a manhole with a methane buildup, it goes BOOM!
 
InusB said:
OK, I understand now.

This Corning fiber looks good. You'll probably get a similar result by using ruggedized fiber as well. Might be worth comparing prices.
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Thing is I can't decide how well fibers perform with bends because there isn't good info.
That corning bend insensitive fiber is R350 for 10m (with connectors, pre-made, etc.).
Cheap enough for me.
 
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