i just recently discovered these people. They have a warehouse in seattle and UPS ground got me an order (of stuff they had in stock) to my door in under 24 hours.
https://www.fs.com/c/fiber-optic-wall-plates-1003 FWIW. On Wed, Nov 15, 2017 at 10:39 PM, John Jason Jordan <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
