Basically, it’s a pole line that runs through back yards. Most of the poles in 
this town are either street side or in alleys, but in some places where they 
run through these grass alleys the trees aren’t trimmed and I think that may be 
part of our problem.

Thanks,

Clint Wiley
Hagerstown Fiber Internet

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Reply-To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at 3:10 PM
To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Squirrels and fiber

whats a grass alley?


On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 1:57 PM Mark Radabaugh 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Is the fiber armored or just single jacket?

We have repaired a number of the ADSS cables that the school district ran that 
have been chewed by squirrels.    So far we have not seen any damage to the 
armored cables that we replaced them with.

Commscope makes an ‘alternative jacket’ cable that apparently tastes bad.  
Can’t say I have tried it (either installing it or eating it):  
https://www.commscope.com/catalog/doc/pdf/7460/Alternate_Jacket_Fiber_Optic_Cable.pdf

Mark



On Jun 4, 2019, at 2:27 PM, Clint Wiley 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Had our first fiber cut yesterday. Squirrels chewed open our aerial fiber cable 
in three places along a grass alley. I think this section will need some sort 
of squirrel protection. What are others doing to protect their fiber in spots 
like this?

Thanks,

Clint Wiley
Hagerstown Fiber Internet
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