In reply to a post by jennykins:

Would you accept this standard of external cable finish?

Sadly no I wouldn't.

Having said that your broadband is working fine so I would get some silicone into the mess he left on the wall and job done.

I know, but had it been left I would not have complained. They did an excellent job between them - and their line manager knows that too!

Also, 10 days later one of them saw me in Sainsbury's and asked if it was still OK and the problem solved!

For a balanced reply I would have liked to have seen the wall before the fttp was installed so I could proportion blame between the latest engineer and previous engineers.

Overall it could have been done a lot better, maybe the copper joint could have remained separate from the CSP which would have given flexibility on location for CSP removing the need for that ugly piece of fibre.

Are the new grey CSP boxes not designed to be able to fit on the square capping? Why would you leave a massive gap?

I think your original install was pretty poor as well as the connector bend cover thing is floating halfway up the wall.

Edited by jpm (Mon 06-Jul-20 21:51:02)

In reply to a post by jpm:

Are the new grey CSP boxes not designed to be able to fit on the square capping? Why would you leave a massive gap?

I think your original install was pretty poor as well as the connector bend cover thing is floating halfway up the wall.

I think your reply should have been directed at the OP

In reply to a post by jabuzzard:

I am not sure what fibre Openreach use, but bend insensitive fibre is comon place and cheap theses days. See link below for a 1m SC to SC APC simplex patch lead. Thats the sort of thing compatible with Openreaches GPON network. Scroll down and read the bit about bend insensitivity. If Openreach are not using bend insensitive fibre they are morons.

https://www.fs.com/uk/products/41918.html

People have this notion that fibre is way more delicate than it actually is.

I was told in my FTTP training that it didn’t matter about bends or anything like that with the cable they’re using. But I never actually did an install myself. Zarjaz can confirm if that’s right or if my training was incorrect.

Your training was incorrect.

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Your training was incorrect.

Interesting! Thanks. It was only last year too.

He had us twist up the wire, whack it with hammers and all sorts. Then we demonstrated that the amount of light going through was still the same. I never did an install though anyway and no longer work for OR.

Edited by deleted (Tue 07-Jul-20 10:31:29)

In reply to a post by Icaras:

In reply to a post by j0hn83:

Your training was incorrect.

Interesting! Thanks. It was only last year too.

He had us twist up the wire, whack it with hammers and all sorts. Then we demonstrated that the amount of light going through was still the same. I never did an install though anyway and no longer work for OR.

I have seen Zarjaz state here several times that there is a recommended minimum bend radius although that maybe best practice rather than anything else with current fibre cable standards.

Edit: If there is still a mininum bend radius and engineers (Openreach or contractors) are not been made aware of that then that is worrying.

Edited by deleted (Tue 07-Jul-20 10:45:04)

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