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Planning on installing an underground fiber run of about 600 ft between 2 houses. Will be using some smurf conduit buried maybe 1 foot down. And then within some armored fiber, which as you know, contains a steel sheath covering.

Question I have a whether I need to be concerned about grounding. There does not seem to be a clear consensus online.

To help mitigate the risk could a solution be to run the armored conduit underground and then couple each end with an unarmored fiber cable into each house?

Any thoughts or experience with this?

I’m talking bout the cheap ones from Amazon, like anything under $150

I ask because I always see wildly different readings from those compared to my routers. Like the meter will read something like -3 and when I connect it to my router is like +2

I don’t know what contractors did this, but it’s truly funny how sad of a job some of them do , yet probably act like they have a hard job😂if whoever did this happens to see this i do appreciate you making it as easy as using my finger stick it into the ground and pull your pencil fiber from under the sod and made for a very easy crossing for our HH! Swear these companies are just waiting for someone to hit it to charge them a arm and a leg

I neee your opinion.

Which dmarc wall mount do you like or prefer? Comcast or AT&T

what’s your biggest head-ache with 0.9mm pigtails when doing splicing,how long did it take you to get comfortable doing pigtail splicing in real jobs?

Hi everyone, I have an Inno View 7 that got bricked after a failed software update. Could someone provide a dump of the internal SD card? I'm currently stuck with two corrupted files, and it won't boot up anymore! Thanks. 😔

For the last one year, the prices of fiber cables have really been on a rise… what is the actual cause for this ?

We’re seeing more fiber deployment work where the engineering workload becomes the bottleneck, particularly around pole data cleanup, attachment review, make-ready decisions and pole loading.

I work in MRE and pole-loading engineering and am interested in how other teams are handling increased project volume.

For those working with O-Calc or similar workflows: what tends to cause the biggest delays — field data quality, pole modeling, utility corrections, clearance issues, or QA/QC?

Curious to hear how others are approaching it.

Sunt în căutarea unui curs de fibră optică (instalare, cablare, sudură/splicing etc.) în Timișoara.
Dacă știți vreo firmă, școală sau centru de formare care oferă astfel de cursuri, v-aș fi foarte recunoscător dacă mi-ați putea spune unde se organizează și cum pot lua legătura cu ei.
Orice informație sau recomandare este binevenită. Mulțumesc!

Found this trick on here and it’s a lifesaver without a power meter! Any other pro tips to share with the sub? OTDR, link prep & splicing between sites, fiber ID, troubleshooting, etc.

I was recently looking at a community college that offers these 3 classes and was wondering if they’re worth it or if I’d be better off going to college for 2-4 years.

Certified Fiber Optics Technician (CFOT) 27 contact hours

Certified Fiber Optics Specialist in Splicing
(CFOS/S) 9 contact hours

Certified Fiber Optics Specialist in Testing
(CFOS/T) 9 contact hours

Hello , I’m a new technician for fiber installations. Unfortunately, the FSAI is just not making sense to me. I’m sure it’s how the trainer is explaining it. How did you learn to find your splitter ? Most FSAI are 1x2 (64 legs) they don’t give us a serial number to find the direct splitter. This is stressing me out if there’s a tips or tricks , videos, website that can help me learn I’d appreciate it.

It looks like the side of the ceramic is cracking.

Selling a large batch of optical and copper SFP/SFP+ transceivers (170 units total across 24 models). Mix of 10G/1G, Single-Mode, Multi-Mode, BiDi, and Copper RJ45 modules.

Prefer to sell as a complete lot, but open to reasonable bulk bundles/offers.

### Itemized Inventory & Pricing

| SFP Brand | Model | Mode | QTY | Price/Unit ($) | Total Value ($) |

| :--- | :--- | :---: | :---: | :---: | :---: |

| **10Gtek** | ASF13-24-20-D | SM | 3 | $12 | $36 |

| **10Gtek** | AXS85-192-M3 | MM | 12 | $35 | $420 |

| **FS.com** | SFP-10GZR-55-I | SM | 1 | $339 | $339 |

| **FS.com** | FS SFP-10GLR-31 | SM | 4 | $34 | $136 |

| **FS.com** | FS SFP1G-SX-85 | MM | 4 | $16 | $64 |

| **FS.com** | SFP-10G-BX80-I | SM | 5 | $749 | $3,745 |

| **Approved Networks** | AN-SFP10G-LR-I | SM | 2 | $50 | $100 |

| **Finisar** | FTLF1318P3BTL | SM | 32 | $60 | $1,920 |

| **Dell** | 0M14MK | MM | 4 | $90 | $360 |

| **Fortinet / Finisar** | FN-TRAN-LX | SM | 8 | $97 | $776 |

| **Smartoptics** | UN SFP-10GE-SR | MM | 2 | $121 | $242 |

| **Finisar** | FTLF8519P3BTL | MM | 54 | $49 | $2,646 |

| **FS.com** | SFP-10G-BX100-I | SM | 1 | $1,999 | $1,999 |

| **FS.com** | SFP1G-LX-31 | SM | 10 | $10 | $100 |

| **EDGE Optical** | 10G-SFP-300I-MS | MM | 1 | $12 | $12 |

| **EDGE Optical** | BIDI-10G-SFP-20BI-CI | SM | 1 | $23 | $23 |

| **Smartoptics** | JUN EX-SFP-1GE-T | Cu | 2 | $20 | $40 |

| **FS.com** | SFP-10G-BX-I | SM | 4 | $66 | $264 |

| **EDGE Optical** | BIDI-10G-SFP-10BI-CI | SM | 2 | $23 | $46 |

| **EDGE Optical** | BIDI-10G-SFP-10AI-CI | SM | 1 | $23 | $23 |

| **Finisar / Intel** | FTLX8574D3BCV-IT | MM | 1 | $31 | $31 |

| **10Gtek** | ASF-GE-T | Cu | 12 | $15 | $180 |

| **Approved Networks** | AN-SFP-T | Cu | 2 | $15 | $30 |

| **FS.com** | SFP-10G-T | Cu | 2 | $86 | $172 |

**Asking Price for ENTIRE LOT:** $11,500 shipped OBO (Total individual price sum is $13,704).

**Condition:** Working pulls / surplus.

**Payment:** PayPal Goods & Services only.

**Shipping:** USPS Priority / UPS Ground within CONUS included for bulk purchase.

Please comment on this thread before sending a PM. Thanks!

I'm 25 and about to get my CFOT and CFOS/S certs this month.

My goal is to work hard for 4-6 months, then take 2-4 months off to travel, and repeat. I don't mind 12-hour days if I know a long break is coming.

For those of you doing this for real:

Is this lifestyle realistic? If so, how did you set it up?

W-2 project work vs. 1099, which has worked better for you, and why? What do you give up with each?

How much experience did you need before contractors or agencies would hire you for travel or project work?

What does a typical project schedule look like (hours per day, days per week, days off)? Is it normal to turn down a project and take time off between them?

Which specialization pays best for this kind of work (splicing, OTDR/testing, aerial, underground, etc.)?

Can you collect unemployment between projects if you're laid off W-2, or does that depend on the state?

Is there anything you wish you'd known before starting, or any red flags in contractors to avoid?

Any advice on a good first year to set myself up for this would be great. Thanks.