Anyone familiar with, or can point to, a "how to" in regards to splicing (term used loosely) into a telecom fiber line?
It's a legit purpose...
We've got an actual _alternative_, as in second option, facilities based telco near a site I'm helping spec. Actually three options..
there's the entrenched telco, there's a real local company with its own physical plant, and there a cableco.
The building already has copper from all three, with individual offices choosing which ones to use.
We'd _love_ to get a fiber run into the complex.
The independent telco has a fiber run about 100 feet away.
We're just starting the discussion with them, but I'd like to have enough info to be dangerous in the negotiations.
So... the key question is... can they "splice" into the fiber that's just about next door, or do they have to run a new line the distance to the CO.
for that matter, how do they physically do splicing these days? would it be passive mirrors, or a Magic Box [tm] that would get installed on the pole?
All info appreciated.
Thanks