Can you peel apart the 12 count into individual strands and splice them, or do 
you have to have a ribbon splicer?

> On Sep 22, 2025, at 9:12 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm pretty confident the guys in the trench will disagree it's no additional 
> cost difference.
> 
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2025 at 11:36 AM Dev <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> We’re drilling it ourselves, so no cost differential there, and the city 
>> didn’t know what to do with a few thousand feet of 48 count ribbon, and some 
>> 12 and 4 count, so they donated it, so that part is free, except labor, 
>> which or course isn’t.
>> 
>>> On Sep 22, 2025, at 6:33 AM, Josh Luthman <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> If the drill cost is the exact same, go for it.  But I doubt a driller is 
>>> going to look at 2" for the same price as a 1.25".
>>> 
>>> Why you're doing 48 ribbon is beyond me.  I didn't even know they made it 
>>> in that low of a count.  We have 288 LT and ribbon in 1.25".  I sincerely 
>>> regret every bit of ribbon cable - it's a waste of money, eats a ton more 
>>> labor, and provides little to no value.
>>> 
>>> If you're paying an extra 50c for 2" labor and saving 37c for pipe...that's 
>>> just dumb...
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Sep 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM Chuck <[email protected] 
>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> Never.  But i have had gophers eat .75 and microduct before.  Even 1.25 
>>>> once.  So i guess 2” would more gopher resistant.
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>> 
>>>> > On Sep 19, 2025, at 1:33 PM, Dev <[email protected] 
>>>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>> > 
>>>> > We’re drilling a development, and we have some spare 2” sitting around, 
>>>> > but wondering whether for two rows of 50 homes we could really get away 
>>>> > with ordering a roll of 1 1/4” to do that rest? We’re likely doing GPON 
>>>> > and have some 48 count ribbon fiber for the project, and some 4 and 12 
>>>> > count drops. Will we ever wish we used 2” for everything?
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