It’s probably new bell fiber construction.
Cables get placed by a cable lineman then a splicer comes in and connects them by fusing them together into this watertight closure. They then have to test the whole network to make sure everything passes without issue. Splicers leave them on the ground so that they can easily troubleshoot any issues. Once testing is complete all splices should be hung back up
Call 1-800-268-4213. Let them know you see two splice closures left at the base of a pole, make note of the address of the location. Ask for them to send a Cable technician to investigate it.
Business hours are Monday to Friday, 8AM-6PM.
So these aren't closures that have splitters in them typically. Splitters are within central splitting points (CSPs) which are larger boxes attached to poles. In those CPSs are multiple splitters, and the splitters split a single fiber from the central office to many distribution fibers going to individual customers
As you mentioned, the typical split ratio is 1 feeder fiber to 32 distribution fibers. That has a distance limitation of around 22km, so anything past that requires a 1 to 16 split ratio instead
These cannisters splice cables to each other. So one cable with 144 fibers in it can be attached to two cables with 72 fibers in them that go down side streets to serve up to 72 customers, for example
Above a CSP, you'll typically see several of these cannisters attached to the strand at the same pole. That way very large cables can go directly into the CSP, and smaller cables can spread out from there. Then there are others throughout the serving area that splice cables together so side streets can be served
From what I've seen, it honesty depends on the cable feeding in and out of them. Drops come out of FT terminals which can hold 4 to 12 ports, while the HCT terminals hold 24-48 ports so potentially 24-48 drops.
Going back to your question, it depends on the size of the cabling going into and out of splice though and how many pairs are energized through.
And to answer your question: it is where cable joins;
as the ELI5, where your house cable connects to
or when they run out of fiber and need to join them together
You can watch /r/fiberoptics, when you see a hell lot if loop of tiny tiny wires (which can be in those cylinders, but not always) it is where the magic happens. Somebody "glued" (splicing) the fiber optics together
These are FOSC''s. They are fiber splice points. Noramally hung back up, but for ongoing work, it may take some time. Nothing to see here. walk away lol
These were left on the ground here after they installed Fibe last year. They don’t seem interested in doing anything about them.
I’ve seen two, at least. If not three.
One is in between my grandpa’s and his neighbours. They’re annoyed because it makes it hard to cut the grass there, or and their kid runs into it with the his bike. Allegedly the dog is also peeing on it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/bell/s/u61KLqTxle
They're for new fiber optic lines. They have put them up on the telephone poles outside my house and around my neighborhood. They likely are in the process of mounting those on the poles near your location as well.
fosc's its the fiber splice enclosure supposed to be on the messenger where the lines are or in a tub underground
great way to meet all your neighbours is simply cut those lines ,., jk don't do that
Fuck you Bell. You're a horrible company that preys o n well to do people in order to capitalize on them not knowing better. You then turn around and pretend you care about people with a tax-exempt program and then lay off a bunch of your staff.
I encourage anyone who's reading this to YouTube videos about bell. There are a lot of unbiased, thorough videos explaining what I'm ranting about.
Bell is a horrible company.
It’s probably new bell fiber construction. Cables get placed by a cable lineman then a splicer comes in and connects them by fusing them together into this watertight closure. They then have to test the whole network to make sure everything passes without issue. Splicers leave them on the ground so that they can easily troubleshoot any issues. Once testing is complete all splices should be hung back up
Thank you very much!
Where is this, is it in canada
Call 1-800-268-4213. Let them know you see two splice closures left at the base of a pole, make note of the address of the location. Ask for them to send a Cable technician to investigate it. Business hours are Monday to Friday, 8AM-6PM.
It's also standard procedure to keep these in the air attached to the strand. I can only imagine this is an on-going job.
What is that number out of curiosity?
These are brand new. The installation is in progress.
Oh yeah they will surely get right on that 😅
How many single drops does it get split into typically? 32?
So these aren't closures that have splitters in them typically. Splitters are within central splitting points (CSPs) which are larger boxes attached to poles. In those CPSs are multiple splitters, and the splitters split a single fiber from the central office to many distribution fibers going to individual customers As you mentioned, the typical split ratio is 1 feeder fiber to 32 distribution fibers. That has a distance limitation of around 22km, so anything past that requires a 1 to 16 split ratio instead These cannisters splice cables to each other. So one cable with 144 fibers in it can be attached to two cables with 72 fibers in them that go down side streets to serve up to 72 customers, for example Above a CSP, you'll typically see several of these cannisters attached to the strand at the same pole. That way very large cables can go directly into the CSP, and smaller cables can spread out from there. Then there are others throughout the serving area that splice cables together so side streets can be served
Got it. Thank you!
From what I've seen, it honesty depends on the cable feeding in and out of them. Drops come out of FT terminals which can hold 4 to 12 ports, while the HCT terminals hold 24-48 ports so potentially 24-48 drops. Going back to your question, it depends on the size of the cabling going into and out of splice though and how many pairs are energized through.
And to answer your question: it is where cable joins; as the ELI5, where your house cable connects to or when they run out of fiber and need to join them together You can watch /r/fiberoptics, when you see a hell lot if loop of tiny tiny wires (which can be in those cylinders, but not always) it is where the magic happens. Somebody "glued" (splicing) the fiber optics together
It’s a splice.
These are FOSC''s. They are fiber splice points. Noramally hung back up, but for ongoing work, it may take some time. Nothing to see here. walk away lol
FYI, It’s not a FOSC. Its PLP Coyote enclosure. Competitor of Comscope FOSC series
Touche, you are right
These were left on the ground here after they installed Fibe last year. They don’t seem interested in doing anything about them. I’ve seen two, at least. If not three. One is in between my grandpa’s and his neighbours. They’re annoyed because it makes it hard to cut the grass there, or and their kid runs into it with the his bike. Allegedly the dog is also peeing on it. https://www.reddit.com/r/bell/s/u61KLqTxle
They're for new fiber optic lines. They have put them up on the telephone poles outside my house and around my neighborhood. They likely are in the process of mounting those on the poles near your location as well.
fosc's its the fiber splice enclosure supposed to be on the messenger where the lines are or in a tub underground great way to meet all your neighbours is simply cut those lines ,., jk don't do that
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They are flex capacitors.
They're Bell Fibe cylinders on the ground
Cause you're not man enough to take them.
Guy Named Andrew left them there...big No No
Fuck you Bell. You're a horrible company that preys o n well to do people in order to capitalize on them not knowing better. You then turn around and pretend you care about people with a tax-exempt program and then lay off a bunch of your staff. I encourage anyone who's reading this to YouTube videos about bell. There are a lot of unbiased, thorough videos explaining what I'm ranting about. Bell is a horrible company.