Whose ONTs do you use? Calix does not have a POE version as far as I know.
From: Jason McKemie Sent: Monday, March 27, 2017 2:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FTTH install practices I've been using outdoor ONTs, powered via PoE. I splice at the side of the house, and put up a splice tent if necessary. Another option would be using pre-terminated drop cable with storage on the side of the house for leftover slack. I have not seen anyone keep enough slack on the side of the house to get all the way out to a truck/trailer. On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: Do you guys typically use an outdoor ONT or indoor? I see pros and cons. If it's outdoor I assume it's POE powered and you just run CAT5 into the house, correct? And inside your NID enclosure I imagine you splice your drop cable into a pigtail with a factory end. That seems like the simplest, cleanest way to me. On the other hand, I'm finding at least some vendors (Alphion) who only sell indoor ONT's. So in that case, I'm thinking the splice enclosure goes INSIDE the house because you're splicing to an indoor tight buffered patch cable which I run to the ONT. On the third hand, if the NID enclosure is outdoors, then I need slack loops big enough to bring the enclosure (or splice tray) inside a truck to work on it, whereas I could splice in the customer's basement without an issue, so maybe I only need 10' of slack down there. I guess I'm dumping my thoughts so those of you with more experience can criticize my wrong headed thinking and tell me what the right choices are before I f*** this up.
