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Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference
From: Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 16:54:41 -0500 (EST)
Of course, every local carrier will be different, what are the current preferences for pre-wiring a customer demarc (NID, the box that hangs on the outside of the house, whatever the service provider calls it now)?
1. Nothing - telco/cable will do whatever the heck they want and wreck the outside of the house anyway
2. Smurf tube from demarc to central distribution point with an interior power outlet near the demarc
3. ANSI TIA-570 prewire (2 x CAT 6, 2 x RG 6) from demarc to central distribution point (low-voltage contractors don't use UV-rated cable for the demarc, and the jacket is trash in a few years)
In the past, I found if I made the pre-wire look nice and easy for the field technician, they usually made the extra effort to keep their work clean and tidy.
Current thread:
- Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 19)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Brandon Martin (Nov 19)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 20)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Jay R. Ashworth (Nov 20)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 22)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Christopher Hawker (Nov 22)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 24)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Brandon Martin (Nov 23)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 24)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Josh Luthman (Nov 27)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Brandon Martin (Nov 27)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Sean Donelan (Nov 20)
- Re: Outside plant - prewire customer demarc preference Brandon Martin (Nov 19)