Coolies! On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 01:00:02 -0800 Russell Senior <[email protected]> dijo:
>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 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
