If you want to have them ship it in a container, ask for DDP. DDP is similar to FOB destination but FOB destination is only meaningful to Americans. DDP stands for destination duty paid. It is an “all in” amount of cost of product plus cost of shipping to your doorstep.
Takes a bit less than a month to arrive. From: Carl Peterson Sent: Monday, April 24, 2017 3:51 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Butterfly Drop Cable We just got our first 10km of indoor butterfly drop fiber (not from FS) delivered and I like the feel of it and it is super easy to work with. It has blue 250um buffer which is much easier for an old guy like me to see. It works well with the cheap Chinese SOCs as well which is a plus. Air to JFK was ~$600, $300 import fees and then another $150 ground to Baltimore, but it still came in super cheap landed. About the same cost per foot as indoor cat5. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:28 PM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: I've heard some nightmares about stability of their plastics..specifically in relation to outdoor cabling. Regards, Chuck On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Carl Peterson <[email protected]> wrote: FIS is generally more expensive but generally is pretty easy to deal with and their stuff isn't crap. I don't like their indoor butterfly as it it too square and doesn't route as well. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 10:11 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: The price I got was from FIS. They said lead time is 2-3 weeks. ------ Original Message ------ From: "Carl Peterson" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: 4/18/2017 9:42:42 AM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Butterfly Drop Cable I'd be interested in what vendor. We have our toes in the importing from China game and it can be super hit or miss. You can get what looks like exactly the same thing from two different suppliers and one will be made out of crap plastic while the other is great. We are testing a similar indoor butterfly flat drop for conduit runs in MDUs. On Tue, Apr 18, 2017 at 9:09 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: So I guess the cable is cheap, but is it good, terrible, or in between? ------ Original Message ------ From: "Eric Kuhnke" <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: 4/17/2017 5:17:24 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Butterfly Drop Cable That is manufactured by probably twenty different companies in China and re-sold by at least 50 vendors. If you go to Alibaba and search for "FTTH drop cable" you will see a product with the exact same cross section diagram being sold by a ton of resellers. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: A vendor just sent me a sample of what they call a "butteryfly" drop cable. It's dirt friggin cheap. Like $0.09/foot. Hopefully my little picture comes through. The steel measures .042" dia which is somewhere around 18AWG. You can get it with 1 or 2 bare fibers, and you access them by peeling apart the two aramid strength members. The cheapness is tantalizing. Will I regret this vs a "normal" flat drop cable like Superior Essex or Corning? They put corning glass inside the jacket so I'm not worried about the optical performance, but I'm wondering if it's rugged enough. -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707 -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707 -- Carl Peterson PORT NETWORKS 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
