The most interesting part of this article is a picture of the cross section of cable. It looks like rainbow sprinkles, and illustrates at least to me the complexity of splicing this stuff once someone has cut the fiber.

Here is the link as the story is picture and caption heavy: You will need to scroll down to the story from the link.

https://www.nola.com/

Your link goes to something about a judge and a city park. Try again.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
The most interesting part of this article is a picture of the cross section of cable. It looks like rainbow sprinkles, and illustrates at least to me the complexity of splicing this stuff once someone has cut the fiber.

Here is the link as the story is picture and caption heavy: You will need to scroll down to the story from the link.

https://www.nola.com/

I don’t think the cross-sectioned cable shown is a fiber optic cable since the article says it serves 1200 homes. That much fiber could probably serve the southeastern US - or a state anyway. Still, the task of splicing whatever it is would be daunting.

Nolo has lots of problems ahead. Being built below sea level on a swamp will be problematic. Hopefully no more major hurricanes will hit there.

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Originally posted by Jimineer:
Hopefully no more major hurricanes will hit there.

The only uncertainty is when, not if.

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Your link goes to something about a judge and a city park. Try again.

As I noted above please scroll down to the story. Unfortunately there is no direct link to the story on the internet. Sorry.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
The most interesting part of this article is a picture of the cross section of cable. It looks like rainbow sprinkles, and illustrates at least to me the complexity of splicing this stuff once someone has cut the fiber.

Here is the link as the story is picture and caption heavy: You will need to scroll down to the story from the link.

https://www.nola.com/

I noted that "climate change" was what the rising sea levels were attributed to, but there's been a long-known issue of subsidence in New Orleans, so there's that. Doesn't matter much about FttP if nobody can live there. But cables are abandoned and relocated all the time. BTW, I apologize for coming off sideways on you in the other thread.

FWIW, that's a copper cable in the picture, not fiber. There are "binder groups" of pairs that have colored ribbons around them to expedite splicing. The pairs repeat colors, so if you don't see the ribbon, you have to go back in the sheath until you do.

EDIT: LINK TO STORY

Amazing how all of the horror stories of Global Warming Climate Change will take place eleventy years from now.

I thought snow was supposed to be a memory and ice caps completely gone. Where is my hockey stick graph.

At least this is not a 1728 fiber, now that wouldn't be any fun at all...

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At least this is not a 1728 fiber, now that wouldn't be any fun at all...

Well, I knew I lived in BFTexas, but the biggest we ever placed was 288 fiber. 1728

Wasn't Miami supposed to be under water by now?

That’s a partial PR piece in response to the Corps of Engineers report findings about all the levees

https://www.theadvocate.com/ne...af-87b7bc7799f6.html

I wonder if New Orleans being better prepared and more planning than 'most' really matters? I wonder how much planning they have in Denver?

I don't think that's fiber. I think that's POTS.

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Originally posted by .38supersig:
Amazing how all of the horror stories of Global Warming Climate Change will take place eleventy years from now.

I thought snow was supposed to be a memory and ice caps completely gone. Where is my hockey stick graph.

At least this is not a 1728 fiber, now that wouldn't be any fun at all...

^

It’s POTS, but I’m not going to count the pairs. Maybe a couple thousand?

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Wasn't Miami supposed to be under water by now?

I would not be a buyer of sea level waterfront property in Miami.

https://www.businessinsider.co...ise-solutions-2018-4

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Originally posted by FishOn:

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Wasn't Miami supposed to be under water by now?

I would not be a buyer of sea level waterfront property in Miami.

https://www.businessinsider.co...ise-solutions-2018-4

Business Insider is a leftist rag posing as a legitimate business publication.

New Orleans is below sea level. It always has been below sea level. The city started as a mosquito-infested swamp that was used as a hide-out by pirates and other outlaws because no one in their right mind would go after them in that malaria haven. New Orleans really should never have existed as a city.



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You haven't lived until you have punched down a multi-hundred pair telephone cable in the attic of a building in the middle of summer with the icky pick goo all over your hands. I think I lost at least five pounds sweating that afternoon.

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You haven't lived until you have punched down a multi-hundred pair telephone cable in the attic of a building in the middle of summer with the icky pick goo all over your hands. I think I lost at least five pounds sweating that afternoon.

Never in an attic, but in a sweltering central alarm station that was well over 90 degrees, dead air. Room on the third floor. I don’t know how some of that equipment ran in that heat.

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Originally posted by LimaCharlie:
You haven't lived until you have punched down a multi-hundred pair telephone cable in the attic of a building in the middle of summer with the icky pick goo all over your hands.

I added it to my bucket list so I can die with unfinished business.

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Originally posted by striker1:
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It’s POTS, but I’m not going to count the pairs. Maybe a couple thousand?

Dammit people!


Every-time someone reposts the picture, the thread jumps and I have to start over....

One....
two...
thr....

POTS only? No 4wire T-1s, ISDNs, Essex lines, P-Phone circuits, Ring Downs, PG Flex, or (my absolute personal bestest total most favoritest super duper circuits of all time) #r!<k!!\! DAML lines? Cool! I've never been able to tell just by looking.

At least it isn't paper or tone cable. No lead sheath to solder back shut. No air pressure alarms for sure. Should have a good twist (unlike self-supporting). If you look at the dispersion and what looks to be a yellow binder for the groups, I'd have to guess an ANMF-600, but I haven't done that stuff in a while...