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    Fiber or Point-to-Point?

    Looks like it's just regular Corrugated HDPE conduit you can get from Innderduct, Duraline, Carlon, etc, just make sure it's rated for in-ground use if you use it though - a lot of the stuff out there is ment to go inside a larger smoothwall HDPE duct.
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    VoIP lab?

    Project Cleawater, open source IMS being developed by Metaswitch. Can spin it up on AWS or a hypervisor of your choice and play around with it.
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    Looking for a CMTS router.

    An Arris C4c - small deployment of <500 subs
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    Looking for a CMTS router.

    We had good luck with our Casa, sadly though we had to remove it as there were issues getting it working properly @ Docsis 3 speeds, but for 2 it worked well. Like wise it replaced our UBR as well.
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    Some questions about running ethernet in a house

    If it's a masonry one it's legal, had many inspected retro fit jobs passed that way - but yeah don't do it on a metal chimney.
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    Some questions about running ethernet in a house

    First floor as you said is pretty simple, find where you want the jacks, cut your hole and drill up from the basement. Bit size is between 5/16" and 3/4" depending on what needs to be pulled. Something like this makes finding where to drill a bit easier too, though it's not required. Second...
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    Wall-Mounted UPS: Why so hard to find??

    They do 12v as well as -48v Like these.
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    Wall-Mounted UPS: Why so hard to find??

    Cyberpower makes wall mount ones for telco applications - however they convert from AC > DC so you'd most likely have to make your own power cord and hope they have one with the voltage you need. Also no ethernet for mgmt. So most likely won't work but still an option
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    How is it working for AT@T or other Internet providers

    I've worked for some smaller ones (~6 exchanges, <8k customers total, exchanges ranged from ~500-1500 in population) and it's a pretty varied job, need to know more then how to pull cable. A lot of the jobs we end up doing depends on the individuals skill set. A couple of our guys are older TDM...
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    what is your background?

    1) Service Provider 2) Programming/Scripting in general, something I'm starting to get more into 3) Currently no, outside of our softswitch none of our gear has an API to interact with and changes are minimal enough that we can do this manually for the time being.
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    FTTH terminating fiber

    Can't comment on the quality of any of the items, the cleaver appears to be Sumitomo (or a knock off) which I've used in the past before I upgraded to the Fujikura CT-38 and it worked well enough, few bad cleaves here and there but I figure most of that was from a bad spot on the blade. All the...
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    What are best options for Intelligent PDUs 208v w remote ethernet power cycle mgtment

    Emerson may be one to take a look at as I've heard good things about them. Sadly 90% of the stuff I deal with is DC powered so I'm not much help.
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    Cant bend Cat6 cable?

    Most cables are spec'd @ 4x the OD radius of the cable. so cat6 would be something like a 1.2-1.5" radius. Honestly I wouldn't worry about it too much.
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    Network pics thread

    Correct, just finished our last one - be about 2 years before it's all cut over.
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    Network pics thread

    Start of a network upgrade at work though it may not look like much yet. Still quite a bit left so hopefully I can get a few more pictures, though most of it's just orange pipe and dirt so it's not too exciting yet. Looks like a shipment of vaults, handholes and interduct has shown up -...
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