HOW TO INSTALL FTTH ( Fiber to the home)

Installing fiber to the home.

[@draytondavant]

Thanks so much for making this video. I have made miles of Cat5 cable / connections. Never done fiber - always wanted to learn and this was a great tutorial. Thanks!

[@mikezaldarriaga4661]

I haven’t come across many videos for us techs in the field. Let alone a competent one. You’re awesome man. Thanks for posting this. I’m sharing this with my technicians.

[@MercuryBroadbandOhioTech]

This is all i needed. I dont need every little detail just the cliff notes. I dont need to know how to do it just understand how its done then hire the rest of you to do it!!

[@iTheHonestMan]

That was really informative. I’m trying to get into this career. Everything seems so interesting to me when it comes to fiber

[@danyordonez2233]

I used to do that, it’s called “splicing” its pretty fucking easy bro.

[@danyordonez2233]

And good money too

[@allenfamily8528]

Thank you Shane. this was very informative. I am switching to a fiber company when I move and I am trying to learn the process for installation and delivery so when i am talking to this company I know what to expect and what should be happening in and out of my home.

[@Famousfifty8]

Can't believe that heater works very well with the lid off of it. Great instructional video for beginners though. They will appreciate this.

[@RickyG225]

Shayne-Fantastic pres. Thanks for all the detail. Wish I could see it up on the pole. Very informative. Be safe out there bro!

[@johnnyrocko2933]

Very interesting to watch all this. We’re getting fiber in our area soon so I’ve been getting some information about it from different sources.

[@dmitrykaraulov7039]

Did the same in appartment buildings in moscow during covid time. They paid 15 $ from one order, although it usually took 2 hours. I hope I can do it for good money if I move to the States

[@florichi]

My experience shows that that buffer tube will break in 5-10 years and take the fiber inside with it. When we terminate the fiber I cut the buffer tube right where I cut the outer plastic. I have seen a lot of install where the tube cracked in the curve and resulted in loss of service with temperature cycles before breaking completely and inducing 10-15dB loss.

[@ericbannon337]

Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to share.

[@batmore1]

Really great demonstration and explanation. Appreciate it!

[@joemc111]

Last year I got fiber, they already had a piece maid up with the ends installed. Nice video man. You should have the go por.

[@scottnorthey9568]

I think it's just meant to have a mechanical connector out on the end of the fiber as opposed to a spliced on pigtail. Either way you made it work and it's nice and neat.

[@plaguewinds7832]

a mechanical connector will always have worse attenuation than a spliced in pigtail or a splice on connector.

[@florichi]

@@plaguewinds7832 And? As if the added 0.3dB made any difference on the loss of the 5km line and the splitters.

[@gss89x]

Great info...but I wouldn't handle fiber without gloves. Fiber glass strands inside that cable are pretty smooth. But once broken or disturbed they'll penetrate your skin easily.

[@Famousfifty8]

Gloves will not keep fiber out, if anything likely make it more dangerous to allow glass to be embedded in them, or by making the fiber hard to handle. Anyone who works with fiber on a regular basis would know it would be miserable to do this task with gloves. Fabric or nitrile isnt stopping the glass either.

[@gss89x]

@@Famousfifty8 True..but I prefer to wear them atleast while stripping fiber bsw and handling fiberglass strands.

[@florichi]

@@gss89x And how do you take one fiber out of the 12 that are in a buffer tube? Or do you only handle single strand cables?

[@deepakvvs]

Appreciate the effort you put into making this excellent video. On a lighter note you never showed us what you were going to do on the pole, did you fall off or something?

[@PWingert1966]

If that's corning Fast access fiber that first shave should not be needed. Its designed to peel away easily. tape mark five feet of cable You shave two inches off the end. nip the bottom sheath. Grab the two pieces of sheath and pull them apart and it splits cleanly all the way down as you split and reposition. The tape mark will be your stopper. I would use a Jonard mid span slitter instead of the x-acto knife if I weren't using fast access cable Jonard makes a great set of fiber tools and our company supplies them so we can be as fast as possible. . All our new install use six fibers. It provides redundancy, is great for small MDU's and can support the room being a rooming house with multiple independent tenants such as students. for termination we use terminations that can be spliced on rather then using pigtails. AFL makes them and its another real time saver so we don't have to splice 6 fibers in the pigtails. We usually just splice terminate the one cable and save the rest of the future.

[@technicalfacilities5295]

awesome, great work Shayne !!!

[@czarface]

At AT&T we no longer use a fusion splicer. We have 3m mechanical crimp on heads that save you the trouble of using a pigtail. Good video though 👍🏽

[@florichi]

What's the trouble? I am done with a splice in one minute, 2 with getting the splicer out of the box.

[@ChrisSahota]

Very Interesting Video Shayne. Thank you Sir for this informative knowledge.

[@understatements]

i am currently living with ADSL, but in October 4th it all ends, my family decided to move to fiber since ADSL at our house is now really bad, after 6 years of suffering with ADSL it all ends

[@manny873]

What’s bro great video . Do you have a video of what you did on the other side ?

[@rb8049]

Best to directly splice. Forget the butt connector. Mine failed after several years due to too much loss and they just directly spliced. It’s a permanent connection. Don’t need testing point outside. The ONT can measure power and provide that back to the provider. Really too much complexity in these installs. Can simplify running directly into the house. Look at all the work eliminated for each drop.

[@Treadvlogs1]

So the connector point is in the house?

[@anujn1184]

Appreciate the effort man 👍 Thanks dude

[@Vader99ify]

This is exactly the way I do the fiber here at Point Broadband in the Ohio market except our NID's have a bulk head and a parking lot for the splice.

[@ChrisM-wv4gs]

Spectrum is installing service on my street and I was told they would be up and running in a few months, will the install the box that goes the outside of the house during initial consultation or only after I order service !

[@attribute-4677]

Thanks man!! I loved the video

[@riveryih6370]

It's a very useful Fiber Optic field installation video, It was reached us the fiber cable how to deploy on premises. The non-metallic Flat Drop cable was used in 2019, could I know that is in which county?

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

US

[@MRSketch09]

Thanks for doing the vid. Very interesting stuff. You didn't talk about it, but I noticed how you tried to keep all your loops really, gradual, instead of doing "Tight" loops, I'm guessing that important when it comes to fiber?

[@florichi]

Too tight results in attenuation. A tight curce results in the loss of the total reflection within the fiber. It's like if you try to drive your car around a 90° bend at 100mph. But current fibers are already really good with tight bends. A loop with 2-3 diameter is usually not a problem. But if you have the space you make the loop as big as possible.

[@MRSketch09]

@@florichi Thanks for heads up.

[@nalamkhan]

Nice video, very informative. Would be great if you just put the fiber pieces in a safe container after cutting it.. great work anyways..

[@imowgrass]

Thanks for the video! Very informative :D

[@lewisfranks5418]

Awesome video!!!! thank you so much

[@3dk1]

Excellent video

[@iangregoryhome]

I would use double sided tape in the middle to hold the splice protector and velcro not cable ties.

[@allansheldrake4832]

have you not hear of a tool called the wire stripper for fibre

[@manny873]

Did you fusion splice the other side ?

[@JEByrd]

Thanks! Very informative.

[@btmusic6996]

Excellent job sir

[@Saywhatohno]

what is that gay box called and where to you get it from? Also what are those 2 machines called? I am confused, where is the 900 micron wire coming from and where is the 250L coming from?

[@afrojojo9475]

Yes, the box does look very gay.

[@zainubanderson5402]

@@afrojojo9475😂

[@Majidiof]

Thank you for this video

[@JerdGuillaumeSam]

Over here we use those (splice boxes) when the cable line is too short to reach the home

[@---GOD---]

How does it work if the flat black cable runs directly inside the house? I have that flat black fibre cable running to my basement, unterminated for now as I don't have an active fiber connection yet.

[@briceperdue7587]

I came for the fiber video I stayed for the hat

[@kjm89]

The fiber goes into the home, and connects directly to a modem/router that accepts a fiber connection? I had an installer come out who wanted to connect the fiber to my coax... I'd rather have the ONT do fiber back out directly into my home, to a modem router. Even over ethernet.

[@florichi]

Either you plug it into the modem with a LC or SC connector or the ISP wants to have a converter to Ethernet. And one company in my area converts to Coax as well, since their main business still is Cable. I don't know why they just don't get other Routers for their customers, but they still convert to Coax.

[@jeffreycollins4893]

Jonard makes a flat drop splitter for this type of application

[@Famousfifty8]

Life saver. The blades dont last very long, but still a great tool to have for oval drop cable.

[@jeffreycollins4893]

@@Famousfifty8 Totally agree the longevity of the blades is terrible, but it’ll save you some time

[@scoot1776]

awesome, thanks!!

[@habibullah2461]

Good Job..

[@elazharytoufik7746]

Any informations bout ur company .im a technecian of fiber optic looking for a job

[@Bacharus]

Good job. Where are you from ?

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

This was made in Owensboro, Kentucky

[@Bacharus]

@@shaynearmstrong9290 Do you work as a cable man? Do you know interesting channels in this profession on youtube?

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

@@Bacharus I don't know of any other channels, I just created this video to train our new technicians.

[@Bacharus]

@@shaynearmstrong9290 I got it. Good luck in job!

[@georgeshepherd7507]

Very informative I like this video but just one thing I noticed you did and it's you not disposing your fiber fragments safely......you should have a bottle to dispose the fiber fragments...

[@Tharudarksideoffical]

Hello sir how we applied for this work i am from nepal my expression is 6years old

[@sabatrol8182]

Definition of perfect 10/10 = 00.00

[@ketas]

i can't believe you need to use knife instead of jacket stripping tool if you do it professionally?

[@Mobile-zw1dm]

Need more videos

[@Airbear50]

Will like to see how do you prep the fiber on th epole area/

[@Famousfifty8]

Typically aerial applications are as simple as plugging a pre-connectorized drop into a tap port of some sort.

[@Treadvlogs1]

The splicing, if any would be done on the ground in most cases

[@smartassist9700]

What is cost of fiber v/s CAT6 a?

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

Depends on how and what you terminate the ends with. You will need to convert the ends of fiber to ethernet. The only time I to use fiber in place of ethernet is if I have a run that's over 350'. Usually cat6 is cheaper. With our own equipment to terminate (Our average cost per cat 6 drop is $16) (average fiber drop can vary between $40- $600+ depending on converter and application) On a side note I've ran tests for real-world scenarios and can't find much difference between cat 5, 6, or 7 for the average user. We run Gig speeds all the time on CAT5 riser. Just don't tie any knots in it. We mainly use cat 6 + for long runs and Poe, and security related equipment.

[@florichi]

Just the cable it's nearly the same. Some 4 strand fiber cable that are blown in microducts is even cheaper than Cat Cable.

[@gurzil6682]

Do u still working there with DSL coz most of places where I live we still work with DSL and I search for work in a company outside the country I will appreciate if someone give me some information

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

I'm not 100% sure what your asking. At&t still has DSL in rural areas. But there branching their fiber network out. The video was installing fiber for an electric municipal.

[@gurzil6682]

Shayne Armstrong I have a diploma in fixing DSL and I’m wondering if i can get a work outside the country (algeria) Like can a company accept a worker have a diploma from another country ??

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

@@gurzil6682 We do fiber contract work. You would probably be better off trying to get hired on at At&t or Google. Most of the contractors we hire have other forms of income.

[@williamolson1938]

​@@shaynearmstrong9290😊

[@fiber-szn_-3064]

My internet company has been telling me for a year I can’t get fiber optic internet but on a pole next to my house I see a fiber optic service terminal I was hoping I could somehow send pictures and see if u can figure it out for me

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

I hate it for you. I'm in the same boat at my house. The fiber running next to my house is for government use only. Usually the systems we work on, municipals buy certain fibers and run their system off of that. Depending on what kind of system it is you probably won't be able to just plug it up and it work it'll have to be plugged in on the other end and you would have to have the right ONT + software to communicate with it.

[@paulmurdock]

Hi Shayne, who makes that small demarc box you used in the video?

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

I believe it's a primex encloser. I haven't seen it in a while.

[@paulmurdock]

@@shaynearmstrong9290 Did you guys find a better one that you're using? I'm doing a small FTTH deployment here in Utah, and I'm trying to find some good cost effective demarc boxes.. I was using some Commscope OWB boxes but they essentially doubled in price over the last few months.. :(

[@shaynearmstrong9290]

@@paulmurdock We're still using the same in the video. That's the one we use in one of our (Not my choice). You could check with www.powertecsolutions.net/ Their from Franklin KY they seem to help allot of people out, and if they can't, they'll point you in a good direction. My main point of contact is Drew Harding

[@fibercablesolution]

Hi Paul, did you found out situable box?

[@Vader99ify]

@@paulmurdock Try looking at Calix enclosure and Primex makes a bigger one than what you see here in this video.

[@EpicXProtocol]

Dude, clean your fibre after you’ve cleaved it 🤣

[@Famousfifty8]

You do not clean fiber after cleaving it, you clean fiber before you cleave it. Fiber end should not be touched after being cleaved.

[@plaguewinds7832]

the fusion splicer will also give it an arc clean before it does the final splice. you do not touch the fiber once cleaved.

[@florichi]

And then you have a broken tip again.

[@Todd.T]

And push all the contaminants to the end. You should tell him not to blow into the cleaver instead...

[@mohamedbasharyahya89]

I cut it by mistake to one customer 😑

[@dudlus2757]

working with fiber in the cold is a bitch.

[@ketas]

funny how it was so cold that fiber could break and he wore a hat but had bare neck?

[@robertgerber2533]

I hate easements

[@jimikalby3109]

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[@ia5223]

H

[@madmike769]

Where are your gloves, safety 1st

[@jackymarcel4108]

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