How we get it done?
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1. Fiber to Premises
Running fiber to the MDU building or campus is the backbone of the property’s bulk internet service. We deliver up to 100Gb backbones depending on the size, bandwidth needs, and budget of your MDU. You can rely on Cat 6 and wireless connections to distribute your broadband from this fiber connection. However, extending your fiber lines to your telecom closets offers the best long-term performance.
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2. Fiber Between Risers or Telecom Closets
In our recommended solution, we run fiber between risers, also know as telecom closets, for maximum reliability and bandwidth capability. This ensures that we have unlimited bandwidth capability and future upgradability between locations. It also makes certain the maximum speed is delivered to each access point. From there, the access points manage each apartments LAN.
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3. Fiber to Each Apartment Unit
There are no consumer devices that connect direct to fiber; they still connect with Ethernet or via WiFi. Running fiber to each unit requires additional hardware in each unit that is a failure point and that is cumbersome for tenants and property owners. Another issue with fiber to the unit is power concerns. If your building loses power, residents lose connectivity and WiFi calling. However, if power is sent from the data closets over Cat6a, to the WiFi access points power backups protect against outages and brownouts. If your building has a generator, there is no loss of Internet, even during sustained power outages. This is critical for residents to keep access to emergency services such as 911. For these reasons, we believe that running fiber to individual apartments only makes sense during new construction for future use.
Fiber Installation at Your Property
We suggest installing fiber to each building and also to your telecom closets rather than to each apartment. These fiber cables run to each telecom closet and we “home run” all Cat6 for each apartment back to the appropriate closet. This allows for the best performance to tenants and delivers the most value to property owners.
- Each apartment unit has wired connection for their video and video gaming needs.
- Video is the largest user of bandwidth today, so being able to give the residents a way to do this wired and wireless gives them the best possible experience.
- No active equipment or media panel is necessary in each unit to facilitate their high-speed broadband.
- All access points (APs) are powered remotely from the switches that sit in telecom rooms
- This provides the most supportable and easy-to-maintain system with excellent service to each apartment.
FUSION SPLICE SERVICES
MDU Installation services involve various types of services that are essential in the installation and maintenance of fiber optic networks. Some of the services included in FTTH fusion splice service may include:
- Fiber Optic Cable Splicing - This involves the process of joining two optical fibers together to create a continuous path for the signal to travel.
- Fiber Optic Cable Termination - This involves the process of installing connectors onto fiber optic cables to enable them to be connected to other devices or cables.
- Fiber Optic Testing - This involves the use of specialized equipment such as OTDRs (Optical Time-Domain Reflectometers) to test the performance and integrity of the fiber optic cables.
- Emergency Fiber Optic Repair - This involves the process of quickly repairing or replacing damaged fiber optic cables in the event of an unexpected outage or disruption.
At Cogency Telecommunications, we provide a comprehensive range of FTTH fusion splice services that include all of the above services.