Telkom Fiber and load shedding

[mk1]

Hi guys,

The contractor who is busy installing Fiber at a friends house told him that Fiber is down during load shedding, ie no backup power like ADSL.

In general is Telkom Fiber up during load shedding?

Thanks

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

Unless someone says otherwise, I expect Telkom to remain up for at least 4 hours, unless there is a glitch with a particular installation.

Perhaps the contractor is confused by the fact that the CPE (customer premises equipment) goes down with a private UPS, compared to the 'old days' where the home phone was powered by the line. Just a guess.

 

[biena]

Hi guys,

The contractor who is busy installing Fiber at a friends house told him that Fiber is down during load shedding, ie no backup power like ADSL.

In general is Telkom Fiber up during load shedding?

Thanks

I call BS on that, my connection stays up for the whole loadshed period.

PS. I have a ups that my ONT + modem + computer is connected to.

 

[mk1]

Thanks for confirming

 

[Sapphiron]

I know that Telkom is struggling with batteries being stolen from their MSANs and they don't always replace them immediately.

 

[MickeyD]

I know that Telkom is struggling with batteries being stolen from their MSANs and they don't always replace them immediately.

Telkom's FTTH bypasses the street box MSANs. (at this stage)

 

[shogun]

We're online during load shedding with Telkom FTTH. Have a UPS for the CPE / router etc.

 

[tanka]

I also run Telkom fibre off a battery with no problems during load shedding.

 

[StoneCold]

I know I'm off topic here, but just a quick question for those with Telkom fibre. Do you guys have aerial fibre ? If you do, did they trench a cable from the street to the telephone pole in your yard/neighbours yard?

 

[biena]

I know I'm off topic here, but just a quick question for those with Telkom fibre. Do you guys have aerial fibre ? If you do, did they trench a cable from the street to the telephone pole in your yard/neighbours yard?

Pretty much yes.

Line of poles runs at the back of the houses, at the end it runs down the pole and into ducting that was trenched.

e.g (H = house. f= fibre strung on the pole)
===street===
H H
f--f
H H
===street===

Post showing the Telkom install
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/673936-Telkom-based-FTTH-in-Pretoria

 

[StoneCold]

Pretty much yes.

Line of poles runs at the back of the houses, at the end it runs down the pole and into ducting that was trenched.

e.g (H = house. f= fibre strung on the pole)
===street===
H H
f--f
H H
===street===

Awesome thanks for the graphical depiction biena. Luckily there is a clear line of sight to the pole in my backyard from the street. Guess I just need to patient now and wait for them to reach my house eventually and to complete the fibre roll out in my suburb

 

[biena]

Awesome thanks for the graphical depiction biena. Luckily there is a clear line of sight to the pole in my backyard from the street. Guess I just need to patient now and wait for them to reach my house eventually and to complete the fibre roll out in my suburb

Misunderstood you

Telkom can install the fibre from the pole 2 ways, aerial or in ducting, If ducting then you have to provide it to the pole (this is what I did since I dislike the aerial route), other people opted to go aerial.

my install
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...n-Pretoria?p=15125840&viewfull=1#post15125840

 

[shogun]

Ours is all underground as there is already infrastructure in place for the copper network. No poles in sight. No cables in sight... even into the house.

 

[StoneCold]

Misunderstood you

Telkom can install the fibre from the pole 2 ways, aerial or in ducting, If ducting then you have to provide it to the pole (this is what I did since I dislike the aerial route), other people opted to go aerial.

my install
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...n-Pretoria?p=15125840&viewfull=1#post15125840

So in other words, Telkom trenches a cable from the street to the pole and then go the aerial route from the pole to the house?

 

[MickeyD]

What I meant was, do they trench a cable from the street to the pole and then go the aerial route from the pole to the house?

Telkom will use their existing infrastructure. They should only trench if the existing pipe (duct) is broken and they cannot push through the new inner duct that will protect their fibre.

 

[MickeyD]

This is for a copper network but fibre works on the same principle... Depending on the distance from the pole to your house, they will either use an aerial drop wire or take it underground in a duct.

 

[StoneCold]

This is for a copper network but fibre works on the same principle... Depending on the distance from the pole to your house, they will either use an aerial drop wire or take it underground in a duct.

View attachment 255070

Okay, so if they lay fibre in the street in front of my house, they won't trench a cable then from the street to the pole and then use an aerial drop wire from the pole to my house?

Or will they just install the fibre along the pole lines from house to house and then do an aerial drop to whoever wants to install fibre?

Sorry for all the noob questions, I just want clarity on this

PS: I forgot to mention, there is a pole in my yard

 

[MickeyD]

Okay, so if they lay fibre in the street in front of my house, they won't trench a cable then from the street to the pole and then use an aerial drop wire from the pole to my house?

Or will they just install the fibre along the pole lines from house to house and then do an aerial drop to whoever wants to install fibre?

Sorry for all the noob questions, I just want clarity on this

PS: I forgot to mention, there is a pole in my yard

In most cases Telkom will not have an underground and overhead access network in the same street; it will be one or the other.

The fibre will run from the exchange through your suburb and will be link to a pole that then serves a cluster of other poles.

Look at the diagram below (again this is for copper but serves the same purpose):



You are XX.

In this example the main fibre will be underground from the exchange through "SDC1" to "DP1". This is the "main pole". As it is existing routes, no trenching should be required up to "DP1" and they will place the fibre in the existing pipes.

At "DP1" they will feed the various houses where FTTH is required.

This can be via an aerial cable to your house or they can take it underground into your house.

 

[StoneCold]

In most cases Telkom will not have an underground and overhead access network in the same street; it will be one or the other.

The fibre will run from the exchange through your suburb and will be link to a pole that then serves a cluster of other poles.

Look at the diagram below (again this is for copper but serves the same purpose):

View attachment 255106

You are XX.

In this example the main fibre will be underground from the exchange through "SDC1" to "DP1". This is the "main pole". As it is existing routes, no trenching should be required up to "DP1" and they will place the fibre in the existing pipes.

At "DP1" they will feed the various houses where FTTH is required.

This can be via an aerial cable to your house or they can take it underground into your house.

Ah, okay that makes sense and I suppose this will save them on deployment costs as well then. I thought that they would run fibre from the street to each house that has a pole in their yard

Looking at your schematic, chances are good that my pole might be classified as a DP, but only time will tell once they reach my premises.

Thanks a lot for the explanation

 

[Ares1000101]

Apologies for the necro, but with load shedding upon us again, and it being 3 years later, I want to double confirm here...
Will my Openserve fibre stay on during load shedding?
I am in a block of flats, with a junction thingy on each floor. Not sure if there's electricity required at these junctions or not....
My ISP is Afrihost, so I would assume Afrihost's network must also be up and running for fibre to be working.