FredEx Posted October 10, 2005 CID Share Posted October 10, 2005 I'm in Southwest Michigan and we pull from South Bend, IN. I have see some independent cable installation contractors running the protective sheathing/piping/whatever (stuff they run fiber through) down a road near me. Now along there I have been seeing a pair of Comcast trucks working their way down the road. What is really peaking my interest is this is now running a block from the node for my area, which as the cable runs, I'm about 2500 feet from. What do you think they are up to? Could this be part of the 10GigE upgrade? The HSI set-up is barely over two years old in my town. I got HSI as soon as it was available and was hooked up 8/19/03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FallenDeathAngel Posted October 13, 2005 CID Share Posted October 13, 2005 take some pictures, let us see? would help us determine exactly what they are laying. I live in Cascade (Grand Rapids), MI. possibly they'll be running this in other areas, and do you know about how large of an area they are laying these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vampares Posted November 22, 2005 CID Share Posted November 22, 2005 I found a truck roll of verizon fibre half way up the tree. yakasuma-something-japanize optical cable. Has a hard black shell and about 2/3" inside. I didn't take the end cap off, got enough scsi as it is. What you saw was probably verizon laying conduit and comcast waiting for the ditchwich to knock out the television service. They have to share since public utilities don't like when you dig up their lines for them. That conduit is there because if you back hoe fibre they get to do it all over again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FredEx Posted November 22, 2005 Author CID Share Posted November 22, 2005 I'll have to try to remember to get out there and take a picture. They ran the stuff out there and now it just hangs there, for many weeks now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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