Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 00:25 91st and harper, a look back 01:01 walking out the damage area 05:00 spare cable reels 05:28 beginning prep 10:27 a look inside the damage 14:29 build one case and build them all 15:15 feathering the glass 18:36 outro
Thanks for bringing us along on your service call. I haven't been inside a splice trailer since I retired - looks like it's still pretty much the same everywhere.
Also, is that your trailer? I remember watching your videos when I wanted to become a Splicer and since then I have gotten my trailer my truck my OTDR my OLTS, my Fujikura 90 R and my Fujikura 90 S. I’ve done everything from feeder cables to underground to Ariel to outages. I haven’t ran into you yet in the field but I know if I do I’m just gonna thank you because you got me in the splicing and you trained me on a lot of stuff before I even started doing it. I had to fake it until I made it when I first came in the field.
4:48 waiting patiently getting paid hourly must be so sweet. I missed the boat on that. Been piece work for 18 years and always thought being hourly in-house must be so sweet. I'm sure it's not all sunshine and roses, so I gotta keep reminding myself that things aren't always what they seem.
i am from Michigan and my town/city don't have fiber to residential yet they are in the process of running it. i think its at&t got the lock down on the area.
It's sad that these giant corporations still haven't replaced all the copper. They've been talking about FTTH since the Clinton/Gore days. I've been in telecom 18+ years and developed an interest in the history of the POTS network. At some point in the distant past, one of the CEOs said telephones should be a "universal service" and pushed the network deep into the rural areas. Now, if they don't think it'll be profitable short-term, people go without 🙄
Thanks for an interesting video. You did a great job! 👍 A question - Why do you have so many cables above ground in the US? I have seen that in lots of videos. Is it an economical issue? In Sweden, where I live, it is very rare to see. Most of the cables (electric and fiber) are underground. 😊
It's part of the legacy of the early days. Older neighbourhoods were built with overhead wire, and they just kept adding more and more stuff to the poles as time went on. New neighbourhoods are almost always built with underground (unless the geology doesn't allow for that)
OK, splicing for an ISP is another level, you splice so many fibres at once, I splice one after another for private fibre links in houses or between buildings, which have 12 or 24 fibres at best. No need to have a complete truck filled with equipment. ;-) On a 12 fibre cable there is alqays THAT ONE fibre which doesn't want to get spliced, it needs several attempts to splice. But only ONE per cable, I don't know why..
Local fiber installers just placed fiber cable directly over my burn pile. Moving the pile now before lighting. Didnt thinkg they would like the results.
Greetings. I simply couldn't. Due to time constraints and having to work with and within multiple teams I could not move my trailer. Also, I didn't have accessible aerial slack. So I had to work with what was available to me. Thanks for the comment good sir.
@markwl285 there are plenty of new build or recent build areas that have lines underground. Those lines have their problems too. I will show this very issue in a November video. LIKE. Share. SUB-scribe!
I feel so stupid for being a contracted residential tech for 18 years (15 telco doing FTTN & FTTH, 3 doing HFC/coax) cuz it sounds like the owners of the primes I work for make huge money and don't pay us fairly. But at this point, I'm just trying to find a way out.
Why don’t you wear a facemask to protect you from the fiberglass that floats in the air from when you’re peeling the strength members? They’re obviously floating in the air after you peel the jacket. You know your body does not push out Fiber or fiber glass? Obviously you know that because you have to at one point gotten a a splinter before when splicing. My whole point is over the years that Fiber that you’re inhaling is going to get built up that doesn’t seem healthy.
Hey there good buddy! I have a filter that sucks out air particulates for that very reason. I don't carry traditional equipment, and this very comment makes me want to should what I keep in my trailer. Thanks buddy.
Tell me please, how do you get orders and how much money do you earn on average per order per day? I am from Russia and work in this field in Israel. It is very interesting to compare prices for work in Israel and the USA. In Israel, as a contractor, on average, 500-550 dollars per day, splicing regular fiber, not ribbon.
I am pretty sure he works on the same ISP's plant as I do, just in a different state. The ISP doesn't have a ton of full time in-house fiber splicers but they have many contracts with many business partners across the U.S. these are prime contractors who have overlapping service areas and the ISP has teams of maintenance supervisors who handle coordination for repairs like this, and project coordinators who handle coordinating design, construction, splicing, headend, and installation for new services. The better your construction company is, the more work you get, period. I don't actually know the entire details of how the prime contractor I work for got their contract, I just know they make a ton of money from it, the ISP handles the supply chain and keeps materials supplied always above minimum levels at our warehouse/yard. We don't do a ton of ribbon over here, but we do do some, but we do mostly loose tube. The ISP has a rate schedule they pay for services, like rolling trucks, flaggers, accessing an enclosure for just splicing and a different rate for adding a cable into it, installing muxes, installing nodes, and fiber splicing. Lower count cables per more per splice, like a 24 ct cable paying a little over $30 per fiber, or higher counts paying less per splice, like a 432 ct paying a little over $27 per fiber. On a 10 hr day splicing new build I limit myself to 216 loose tube fiber splices (we don't have new 432 cts to splice EVERY day or anything). During an outage, I don't stop until all services are restored, regardless of the count of cable, but we have multiple teams of fiber splicers and multiple splicing vehicles. Not sure if he gets paid a salary, hourly, or units, or a combination. I get paid hourly, but its a pretty good hourly rate and many benefits. Sub-contractors tend to "make more" working for themselves, but they have to worry about their own equipment, taxes, healthcare, and everything... but also must worry about having work available for them. I always have work, every single day, so it feels very secure all the time working for a prime contractor.
Location. Location. Location. Plenty of elements should be considered when estimating possible earnings for burning glass. Whether its an emergency or not. Are through additional skills required beside prepping and splicing? Is an OTDR required? What was the weather like? Is it a holiday? Is the job during the day or night? I won't discuss my pay, but a good friend of mine earned $2 a splice on a 432ct and another got paid $600 shooting 216ct fiber. Hope this helps.
@thenerdnetwork I appreciate your input on the many elements involved in billing and compensation! You have precisely articulated the many factors that not only go into so many things that could complicate the money, but you also highlighted the complexities that could be involved in a "simple" fix. your amazing bro. Thank you.
@@JBWR Hey thanks, I appreciate your videos and the work you do as well. It is refreshing to see someone else who takes pride in their work and has a well rounded knowledge of their profession and the system they are working on. Good luck and stay safe out there,
AI came up with the title so I went with it. And if you think about it, it actually was "high stakes" to a degree. If you can't use your phone how can you call the police or maybe check on a love one? Some of the lines I have worked on have been trunk lines for cell towers. Ever walk through a dead zone? Some folks even day trade from their homes , so I imagine minutes matter when money is on the line. Thanks for the comment. LIKE. Share. SUB-scribe.
@@JBWR People like dirtychelu has no idea how important fiber lines are. There has even been fiber cuts in some random person's backyard that takes out communication for a whole city. I'm sure he'd be okay if his ISP took their sweet time fixing his internet.
