[PLUG] Fiber connectors?

John Jason Jordan johnxj at gmx.com
Fri Feb 16 16:22:14 UTC 2018


Coolies!

On Fri, 16 Feb 2018 01:00:02 -0800
Russell Senior <russell at personaltelco.net> 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 <johnxj at gmx.com>
>wrote:
>> On Thu, 9 Nov 2017 15:02:23 -0800
>> John Jason Jordan <johnxj at gmx.com> 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.
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