On poles or underground?

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It is obviously better to bury a fibre line if you can but it is really that bad to use existing poles to put fibre cables on? Seems a lot faster than to try and dig up the pavement.
This excludes the fact that one will have to speak to telkom to 'rent' this infrastructure. Also don't know how well a fribre line will co-exist with a telkom copper line on the pole.
 
Nothing yet, just asking why not use existing poles where you can't lay fibre underground. I know Telkom will say no, but in our area they carry useless copper cables that can only provide ADSL up to 2Mbps if you are lucky. No immediate plans to upgrade our area by Telkom in any case. When you live in the hills the rock is bloody hard to trench.
 
aborg said:
It is obviously better to bury a fibre line if you can but it is really that bad to use existing poles to put fibre cables on? Seems a lot faster than to try and dig up the pavement.
This excludes the fact that one will have to speak to telkom to 'rent' this infrastructure. Also don't know how well a fribre line will co-exist with a telkom copper line on the pole.
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They dig to lay the "Backbone" underground.
The "last mile" is over existing poles to distribution boxes (the black star wars looking boxes on top of the poles) then a single thin cable goes into your premises.

No EMI on fibre since it's light and not voltage. So copper and fibre can live together peacefully.

My problem is that the fibre cable looks exactly like standard copper cable. So thieving basterds won't know the difference. I would have made them bright pink or something... no self-respecting copper cable thief would steal bright pink cable.
 
Thanks - will probably be looking at this in our neighbourhood...now just to convince Telkom to rent us their poles...that does not sound right ;-)
 
aborg said:
Thanks - will probably be looking at this in our neighbourhood...now just to convince Telkom to rent us their poles...that does not sound right ;-)
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Good luck with that one .
You will make history if you get it right .
 
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Greencom www.greencom.co.za is just completing the FTTH project in Glenferness and this project was done using aerial fibre on wooden poles ,it was a very low density suburb with small holdings so trenching did not make sence .
 
It's being hanged on poles in quite a few places and theft isn't really posing a problem. Not Telkom poles but street poles. Seems to be the way to go.
 
On this subject of hanging the fibre on poles, who do you need to contact for a "license" to do this? I'm talking about the Cape Town Area...
 
It depends which poles you want to use. Telkom will obviuosly use ther own infrastructure so no chance of hanging anything but Telkom cables of their poles. I did scout around our neighbourhood though and we have a very good network of powerline / street light poles which can work very well. Hanging fibre cables of here just a little above or below the twisted electric cables could work and you will not even notice the difference. Obviously City Power (Joburg council) will have to be contacted in this regard and permission / wayleave obtained to use this infrastructure + one must figure out how to make these fibre + power lines co-exist without interference.
 
Hw harmful is the fibre line health wise I hv three line hanging over my roof and in very proximity going to my neighbour (reputable company) and also a black box
 
I thought you were asking into your house, and for that, my experience, a few years ago, the technicians used the same conduit that the Telkom landline used, which was under my paving to run the fibre cable into my house.
 
Burying may seem like a good idea, Just wait till the council comes along or any other person who wants to dig, The fibre will be ripped and broken.
 
Nomlongw said:
Hw harmful is the fibre line health wise I hv three line hanging over my roof and in very proximity going to my neighbour (reputable company) and also a black box
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Fibre is literally light in a tube, so you don't have to worry about it. But don't cut it open and look directly into it.
 
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