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Re: What Optical Network Terminal (ONT) used for Cox Gigablast Internet?
I am located in Arizona - north Phoenix/Cave Creek area. The flat black 'rigid' optical cable is already pulled to the house from the neighborhood POS. About 10ft of the black 'rigid' cable is looped and tied along side the house awaiting splicing/termination. I read theblog linked above by Tecknowhelpspecifically documenting a Gigablast install in PHX. That blog depicts the flat black 'rigid' optical cable spliced to a round beige 'flexible', [Type OFNR] cable that looks like Ethernet cable. As depicted in the blog, that rigid-to-flexible cable splice is enclosed in an exterior weather proof enclosure mounted to the interior garage wall of the subject structure. The blog indicates that the beige 'flexible' optical cable is then run from the weatherproof enclosure to the ONT. Is this a 'typical' installation scenario - i.e. black 'rigid' optical cable (from POS) spliced to white 'flexible' cable that runs to the ONT location? I ask because, in advance of the install I am laying and connecting the exterior conduit from the location on the exterior of the house where the black 'rigid' optical cable is now looped ~50ft to the location on the exterior of the house where the optical cable will need to enter the house to connect to the ONT. I really need to know in advance what type of cable the conduit needs to accommodate. That information will help me determine the proper conduit connections, bends, junction boxes, etc. Multiple attempts to get answers to these questions from Cox Communications have been fruitless. Consequently, I have been forced to reschedule the installation appointment several times in the effort to allow time to finish the conduit installation. Appreciate the help!10Views0likes0CommentsRe: What Optical Network Terminal (ONT) used for Cox Gigablast Internet?
Another clarification would be helpful... Background... The distance from the current location where the rigid fiber cable coming from the neighborhood POS terminates at the exterior of the home to the desired location on the exterior of the home where the fiber cable will enter the home to connect to the ONT is ~50 feet. It is my plan for that cable connecting the ONT to run through 0.75" flexible conduit buried alongside the home foundation and enter the home through a weatherproof enclosure attached to the exterior of the home. Remaining question for clarification... The fiber cable run from the current rigid fiber termination location to the entry point of the home (~50 ft) - is that cable rigid fiber (as coming from the POS) or is it (or can it be?) flexible fiber cable to allow for easier cable pull through the flexible conduit? Thanks in advance for the help!20Views0likes0CommentsWhat Optical Network Terminal (ONT) used for Cox Gigablast Internet?
Trying to prepare for Cox Gigablast Internet installation set for early next week and need to learn what Optical Network Terminal (ONT) Cox installs for the Gigablast Internet service? Need to know the form factor of the ONT enclosure (specifically cable inlet/outlet configurations) so as to configure the existing CATV / DBS / Ethernet weatherproof enclosure on the exterior of the structure to prepare for the addition of the ONT and the cabling. The ONT brand / model / specs (and perhaps a digital picture or URL to specs?) would be very helpful to me at this stage of preparation. Also, the cable run from the ONT installed on the exterior of the structure to the ACXXXX router inside the structure - is that cable fiber or ethernet? Many thanks for the help!14KViews0likes8Comments