If I'm rambling here it's because I'm suffering choice overload. Seems
like there are 60 ways to do this, and I'm betting I'll regret 59 of
them.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]>
Sent: 3/27/2017 2:54:14 PM
Subject: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices
Do you guys typically use an outdoor ONT or indoor? I see pros and
cons.
If it's outdoor I assume it's POE powered and you just run CAT5 into
the house, correct?
And inside your NID enclosure I imagine you splice your drop cable into
a pigtail with a factory end. That seems like the simplest, cleanest
way to me.
On the other hand, I'm finding at least some vendors (Alphion) who only
sell indoor ONT's. So in that case, I'm thinking the splice enclosure
goes INSIDE the house because you're splicing to an indoor tight
buffered patch cable which I run to the ONT.
On the third hand, if the NID enclosure is outdoors, then I need slack
loops big enough to bring the enclosure (or splice tray) inside a truck
to work on it, whereas I could splice in the customer's basement
without an issue, so maybe I only need 10' of slack down there.
I guess I'm dumping my thoughts so those of you with more experience
can criticize my wrong headed thinking and tell me what the right
choices are before I f*** this up.
