Welcome to the
Fiber to the Home (FTTH)
Informational Meeting
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Topics Covered
FTTH Project Schedule
General Information
Information on the OSP Construction
Equipment Pictures
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General Information
Private Roads
In order for BTI to plow/install fiber along private roads, everyone will need to
sign an easement before construction can begin. If you live on a private road,
please contact Ken Carlsrud for an easement form. His direct line is 715-688-1039.
Private Utilities
Private utilities such as sprinkler systems, sewer systems, power to out buildings,
lighting, gates, and alarm systems are not covered by the Wisconsin Diggers Hotline
system. These utilities will need to be located/identified by the homeowner prior to
plowing the fiber drop on the homeowners property.
Current Service Provider Term Contracts
If you are currently in a contract with your service provider, please verify when your
contract will end. Some providers have an automatic renewal policy that you may not
be aware of. Early out/termination fees for these contracted services can have costly
penalties.
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General Information
BTI will be connecting customers that have the necessary wiring completed in
the order that we received their Check-Off Form.
How will BTI know that the home wiring has been completed?
When the house wiring is complete, the homeowner will send the signed customer
check-off form to BTI.
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Overview/summary of OSP Construction
● The Outside Plant Project (OSP) consists of installing, splicing, and testing all of
the fiber optic cable and drops.
● The Outside Plant project will start as soon as possible in May/June 2013.
● The project was designed as a 100% fiber optic build. The current electronics are
provisional to Gigabit Ethernet with Active Ethernet technology and 100Mb using PON
technology.
● OSP construction will include static plowing of the mainline fiber, installing
handhole vaults (HH) and vibratory lawn plows to the house.
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Home Wiring
One of the key steps of the wiring requirements is the
homeowner/electrical contractor installing a 1” PVC pipe from the
Network Interface Location (NIL) to the outside of the house. This
will accomplish two things.
1. It will let the outside plant contractor know where the fiber drop
needs to be plowed.
2. It will be used to run copper to the NIL if the Optical Network
Terminal (ONT) is to be placed on the outside of the house.
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Network Interface Location
Establish a Network Interface Location (NIL)
inside the home
This area will need to be a 2’ x 2’ of wall space (minimum)
This is where all of the low voltage wiring within the home
will terminate.
It will also be the area where BTI will place equipment
needed to provide services.
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Most of the time the NIL is in an utility
room or in the basement by the power
entrance. Some of the newer homes
have a low voltage home run panel
somewhere in the house.
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1” PVC
Install a 1” PVC conduit from the NIL to an
exterior wall with a Lb and riser installed.
The conduit riser should be between 46” and 60” from
ground level. Minimum of 1 clamp on outside. Conduit
should be silicone at the entrance going into the house
and riser capped (capped not glued).
Maximum length of conduit end to end should not
exceed 40’.
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
1" grey PVC Conduit will need
to be installed at each location.
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110 Volt power Outlet
• Install 110 volt power outlet for FTTH
power supply
If a dedicated 110 volt outlet (not circuit) is not
available, an outlet will need to be installed at
the Network Interface Location (NIL).
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
1" grey PVC Conduit will need
to be installed at each location.
110 outlet needed
for power supply
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Wiring for Data (Internet)
The wire used for data needs to be a minimum of
Category 5 wire.
Cat 5 wire needs to be home run from computer/router
location back to the NIL.
At the computer/router location the wire needs to
terminate to a RJ-45 (568b) jack.
At the NIL end BTI will terminate the Cat 5 wire during
cutover. (Please leave 10’ of wire at the NIL)
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
Computer or Router
1" grey PVC Conduit will need
to be installed at each location.
New CAT wire 5 terminated with RJ-45 568B data jack
110 outlet needed
for power supply
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If you are going to be using wireless
technology within the house, the wireless
router must be placed so coverage is
achieved everywhere in the house. A
basement location is usually not a good
location for the wireless router.
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Cable TV / COAX Wiring
All locations need to be wired with RG-6 Coax.
Both ends need F type compression connectors
installed.
TV locations should have a F connector wall plate
installed – optional.
At the NIL, all ends should be terminated and be next to
one another for a splitter to be terminated.
BTI will provide the CATV splitter at the time of cutover.
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
Computer or Router
110 outlet needed
for power supply
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Telephone Wiring
New CAT 5 wire needs to be installed from
current phone junction to NIL.
If a new location is needed for phone, CAT
5 wire should be used and terminated on a
RJ-11 jack.
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
Computer or Router
110 outlet needed
for power supply
New phone CAT 5 wire from old junction to NIL 2' slack at both ends
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Top of pipe 45" to 60" capped
1. Install Power Supply
2. Install ONT
3. Provision Services
4. Terminate House Wiring
5. Test and turn-up Services
6. Estimated Time for Cutover
is Approximately 1 Hour per
Service
Computer or Router
New CAT wire 5 terminated with RF-45 568B data jack
110 outlet needed
for power supply
New phone CAT 5 wire from old junction to NIL 2' slack at both ends
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Construction Process
• The following slides explain the
construction process
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Static plows will be used for majority of the mainline cable placement.
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Handhole/Vault
Static Plow
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Black dirt and seeding follows behind any mainline cable plowing operation.
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Directional boring will be the method used for crossing under
hard surface roads, driveways, water crossings, etc..
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Vibrating plows will be used for all of the Fiber Optic drops going to the houses.
Locating of utilities will be coordinate
Contractor
Fiber drop
Picture of a plow slot after the job is completed.
(no obstacles were encountered along the way) .
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Handhole/Vault
HH are used for splice points
for the Fiber Optic cable.
They are primarily placed at
intersections and locations
where the drops will be
connected from the houses.
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Picture of a Handhole (HH) and warning marker
2009 construction season
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BTI WEB Site
BTI will establish a separate tab for the FTTH project on it’s Website
It will include the following:
● A list of frequently asked questions (FAQ)
● Guide for in-house wiring requirements and check off form
● Informational slide show
● Services to be available
And much more valuable information
http://www.baldwin-telecom.net
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