LESSONS FROM THE FIELD
Subcontractor Jesse Childress of Volo Broadband prepares cable to be spliced at a manhole in the FTTH neighborhood.
putting spray paint down, it's painted like a Picasso. It may be so full that you don't want to risk trying to get down there and maybe hitting someone, or you may see two or three high-pressure gas mains – you really don't want to hit one of those! So you look at the safety is- sues and whether it makes sense to move somewhere else. Sometimes it makes more sense to go to the other side of a street or find another path."
DEAD OR ALIVE?
"We had gas locates done, but the one they marked may be the third replace-
because where you thought you were going to go is full of everything else. You have to do the engineering to get around the problems you didn't see or do some design in the field on the fly to get around problems. "In some locations, by the time you
get into a right-of-way, which may be 6 feet wide, you'll see sewer lines, water, gas, power, streetlights, phone and other fiber. When the locators come and start
Cables are spliced in this tray before entering the local convergence cabinet.
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