On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 15:02:23 -0800 John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> dijo:
>When the CenturyLink dude installed my fiber the wall inside the house >where it ended up had no sheetrock, so there is no jack - the skinny >white fiber cable just dangles down between the studs and the end of it >plugs into the back of the 'modem.' Success! I was driving toward Lowes passing by a McDonalds and what do I see in their parking lot but a CenturyLink installer truck. "Time to get a coffee" I thought, and pulled into McDonalds, parking right next to the CL truck. As I get out of my truck I see the CL guy coming out of McDonalds, recognizing him as the guy who installed the fiber in my house. Me: Hey, CenturyLink guy, I need to talk to you for a minute! CLG: Hey, I remember you! There followed a discussion where he remembered the fiber dangling down from the attic into the space between studs on a wall without sheetrock, followed by my adding that I was now sheetrocking the wall and how do I connect the fiber. He took me to the other side of his truck where he opened up his bag of tricks and produced a patch cable, plus a couple of connectors that he said they used to connect fiber cables, and a wall mount thing that they run fiber out of. He just gave them to me, no charge, no big deal. He didn't have a keystone jack, but he suggested that I might be able to use the connectors by drilling a hole in a blank keystone plug. I haven't had time to put this stuff together, but I think I now have what I need for a professional installation. On a personal level Portland CL people are pretty good folks. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
