Fiber to the Home
Deliver the ultrafast, reliable connection your customers expect with unmatched flexibility, scalability, and speed.
Whether you’re competing for subscribers in a crowded suburban market or bridging the digital divide in an underserved rural locale, cost and time to market are key in Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) deployments.
Dura-Line’s connectivity solutions can help you build a network that meets all your goals. We offer a wide range of options in MicroDuct and FuturePath dimensions, suitable for almost any size cable, any installation method, and any architecture.
Our in-house experts can also work with you to ensure your choices are tailored to your unique topology requirements, whether you’re reaching your subscribers via:
- Home run
- Centralized split
- Distributed split
SUBURBAN
A major national FTTH provider working on a 16+ state buildout chose to install MicroTechnology from Dura-Line across the entire project. Choosing MicroDucts and FuturePath over standard conduit not only allowed them greater flexibility in installation methods, but also allowed for significant savings in each segment of their network.
RURAL
Uplink, a rural ISP in Clarksdale, MS, was looking to expand broadband connectivity across their primarily agricultural community to improve quality of life and expand economic opportunities for residents. After consulting with Dura-Line’s sales team and field engineers, Uplink chose to install single pathway locatable MicroDucts, and FuturePath 2-way and 3-way 16/12 mm, allowing Uplink to lower costs and reserve capacity for future upgrades.
MICROTRENCHING: LOW IMPACT IN TIGHT SPACES
ISP Liberty and installer BLDM needed a low-impact installation method that would allow them to bring high-speed internet to a neighborhood in Puerto Rico’s capital city, San Juan, with minimal disruption to the daily lives of residents and the character of the neighborhood. Dura-Line’s expert sales staff and field engineers worked with Liberty and BLDM to select FuturePath 3-way 14/10 mm, which enabled installation via MicroTrenching and avoid major interruptions like road closures.
OVERRIDES
A nationwide MSO utilized a MicroDuct OverRide to overbuild a legacy neighbourhood on coax with fiber. Using this innovative method, installers were able to avoid additional digging, and the resulting installation was 80% faster and 80% lower cost versus building new infrastructure.
AERIAL: SOLVES MAJOR ENVIRONMENTAL OBSTACLES
Installer Spy Communications needed a cost-effective solution that would help them overcome the challenges of terrain and climate to bring broadband to tourists and residents in remote Huntsville, Ontario, a community that sits on top of the dense rock of the Canadian Shield. To meet subscriber demand in areas where undergrounding would be near-impossible – like river crossings and solid granite ground – Spy worked with Dura-Line to select FuturePath Aerial 12.7/10, which allowed Spy to complete all pole loading calculations in advance, cross these obstacles with relative ease and jet in 890 meters of 6.3mm, 144-count fiber at speeds of about 70 meters per minute, all while reserving spare pathways for future upgrades.
Why Use MicroDucts in the Drop?
While you might be used to working with standard conduit, last-mile applications can benefit from MicroTechnology’s lower cost and footprint without any compromise on capacity. For example, an 18/14 mm MicroDuct can accommodate typical drop cable designs from leading optical fiber cable manufacturers, like flat drop cables and round drop cables.
And for those considering direct burial, MicroDucts provide instant scalability and protection. While direct burial might be cheaper up front, a buried MicroDuct will allow you to take a home passed to a subscriber without any additional digging – simply jet or push a cable into the existing MicroDuct. You’ll also get an extra layer of protection against accidental cable cuts in the future, preventing costly truck rolls.
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