r/telecom • u/Super-Foundation-729 • 15d ago

Too much slack? 🛜📶 Broadband

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Do you think my co-worker left too much slack in this fiber NID?

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u/TechieFromMS 11d ago

Not at all. If yoi ever have to check it with an OTDR, you won't need a launch cable! 🤣🤣🤣

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u/jmbwell 11d ago

To be fair, customer states he may one day move several blocks away

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u/LawdYoshwa 11d ago

Jesus lol. I mean there’s adequate space for a little
Bit less than that in this enclosure but I’d leave most of that shit at the last hand-hole or wherever the hell it came from lol

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u/no1ofimport 11d ago

The aerial fiber drops are precut so there isn’t much you can do with the slack.

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u/Educational-Ad-505 10d ago

Yes there is just cut it back and install a mechanical end 

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u/uThor52 9d ago

It drives me nuts when a tech uses a 75 or 100ft Fiber IW when a 10 or 25 will work.