DTC6 is cheaper then the Optima-S We get them for ~$90 without pigtails. On Mon, Mar 12, 2018 at 10:41 AM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For drop termination I'm really eyeballing the Multilink Optima-S, but I > haven't deployed any yet. With 4 ports it's around $135, so it does not > fit the lower price you're looking for. It has an upper and lower > compartment: splice trays in the lower compartment, female terminations in > the upper compartment. The idea is during construction you run a few > pigtails from the lower to upper compartment....one for each house you > might hook up. If you're doing PON you could stash a splitter in the lower > compartment as well. > > The installer then just does a field termination and plugs it in. My hope > would be that we save time from setting up and tearing down the splicer, > taking the enclosure off the pole, putting it back up, and retying the > slack. We're also not splicing in a bucket or having a cable puller guy > monkeying with splice trays with 144 other people's service just waiting to > be tangled up or bent or broken. I would like to pay less, but I'm > focusing on saving time and avoiding costly error. > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Chuck McCown" <ch...@wbmfg.com> > To: af@afmug.com > Sent: 3/11/2018 6:26:15 PM > Subject: [AFMUG] Splice Cases > > Is there any FS type lower cost splice cases out in the world yet? > > I say FS type because everything Fiber Store does is 20% the cost of > everyone else. > > Hoping for something lower cost. Not really an area you want to cut > corners on, but they sure are expensive. Say you feed 144 strands in and > out of a typical splice case that has a port that will take 6 drops. You > will be paying $120-$240 for something like that. $20 to $40 per drop just > for the splice case. > Add in an equal amount for the hand hole, you could be in $80 per customer > before electronics just to make the splice. > > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
