[166838] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: OT: Below grade fiber interconnect points
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Thomas)
Thu Nov 14 09:16:50 2013
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.64.1311132047370.12253@whammy.cluebyfour.org>
From: Thomas <gravestl@swbell.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 08:16:35 -0600
To: "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org>
Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Another option is an above ground cabinet. Many telecoms use them.
Thomas L Graves
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> On Nov 13, 2013, at 8:04 PM, "Justin M. Streiner" <streiner@cluebyfour.org=
> wrote:
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>> On Wed, 13 Nov 2013, Roy Hockett wrote:
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>> Thank you for comments. Let me clarify the situation. We have a building=
that has been fiber cross connect
>> location and is being demolished. This location has about 20 fiber cable=
entering where we patch between
>> fiber paths. If we relocated these cross connect field to another buildi=
ng and that build is demolished we have
>> to do this all over again, so the desire was to have an independent facil=
ity for the fiber cross connect field, but
>> I am guessing due to esthetics the below ground vault was selected, we ju=
st learned of this selection and thus
>> my query to this group to find other that have dealt with similar situati=
ons and if so, experience base recommendations,
>> and things to be aware of.
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> If the vault has a controlled environment and access, similar to what you w=
ould find inside of a comms room, that's one thing. If it's more like a typ=
ical manhole (damp, dirty, dark, possible temperature extremes, other utilit=
ies/hazards), then the only thing that should be in there is a water-tight s=
plice case. Fiber patches need to be in a clean environment.
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> Did this project provide any funds for relocation or replacement of the co=
mmunications facilities that would be lost due to the demolition? We've gon=
e through this many times on our campus.
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> jms
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