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william2020
6 years agoNeighbour
New Installation - Not a TELUS customer, yet
Newbie here… is this the place to ask TELUS some questions. The ground utility box is directly in our front yard. Last year, some neighbors had fibre-opti cable installations and I saw the technic...
polecat
6 years agoAll-Star
william2020 Don't assume there is a conduit possibly only a long sweep 90 then direct burial. Talk with your neighbour and see if they fiber cable (not copper) into their house with an ont. FTTH fiber to the house----FFTN fiber to the node (ground junction box or upright junction box) . At the junctions they transition somehow to old copper lines so not true fiber to the house but still works well.( old appt blocks have this done no conduits to appts just copper wire or old coax) Check cut the drywall and see how it goes out of the house dig out side carefully an see conduit or direct burial. If conduit lucky If fiber is in the box but not ground you could dig a trench to house and place conduit to house or direct bury if telus allows. Older subs all was direct burial and its coming back haunt power cable and phone. Power tel cable in same trench power should be at 3ft rest at 2ft. If you change phone to pure fiber and you have conduit i am sure they wiil use the copper wires to pull a fiber cable. Polecat
william2020
6 years agoNeighbour
Some neighbours have new conduits installed for fibre-opti. Some have existing conduits for the copper wires.
Thanks for Polecat's rather accurate explanation.
I will have to wait for Telus's technician to verify on site.