Post #3603490
2026-07-05 08:41 UTC
@brouhaha@mastodon.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems
A lot of the engineering that goes into manufacturing optical fiber cables for outdoor and/or buried installation goes/went into the water barriers. Yes, it should be fine for the coming decades.
Just don't expect the same for 900µm buffer fiber pulled through burried hollow channel conduits. I mean the conduits by themselves are fine, but the way they're installed…
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@datenwolf@chaos.social 2026-07-05 08:43
@brouhaha@mastodon.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems In fall 2025 / spring 2026 a lot of hollow channel conduit was installed under the sidewalks in the streets neighboring the house I live in. So I got a very good look at how those lowest-bidder-contractors handled it. I was disgusted and appalled. And that was before they even got to running the fiber.