Why can't you lay a fiber spool on its side?

On Sunday, November 2, 2014, Carlos Alcantar via Af <[email protected]> wrote:

>   +1 on this we have actually complained enough about this the vendor
> that we usually buy most of our cable from give us an extra 20’.  We have
> also refused 20k feet of fiber as the shipping company laid the spool on
> it’s side.
>
>
>  Carlos Alcantar
> Race Communications / Race Team Member
> 1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010
> Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / [email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> / http://www.race.com
>
>   From: Mark Radabaugh via Af <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> Reply-To: "[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>" <
> [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> Date: Saturday, November 1, 2014 at 3:13 PM
> To: "[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>" <
> [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Accuracy of on cable foot markings
>
>   I would be willing to bet the cable markings are right, and that the
> operator/machine spooling the cable missed by 20' since they are looking at
> the measuring wheel/encoder rather than the cable markings.
>
>  *Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID*
>
>
> Sean Heskett via Af <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>
> what's 20 feet amongst friends?!?!
>
>
>
> On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Nate Burke via Af <[email protected]
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote:
>
>> I just got some 5000' spools of Belden 7919a cable in, and looking at the
>> cable foot markings from both ends of the cable, they're all about 20'
>> short.  When I get 1000' spools, they've always been spot on (as far as
>> matching the cable markings) Is this just the discrepancy in the tolerance
>> of the cable markings at that distance?
>>
>
>

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