Delivering broadband services on fiber has become the norm for business customers – but what is the key to getting fiber into the building for fast customer turn-up? In today’s market the service provider is required to quickly find or build their own pathway into the business. This poses significant challenges in that building a new pathway can be both time consuming and expensive.
The answer to simplifying and speeding these deployments is to use Clearfield’s Pushable (MPO) connector.
The FieldShield® Pushable Multi-fiber Push On (MPO) cable assembly (see video) builds on the advantages of a multi-fiber connection by taking an MPO connector with a 0.35 dB insertion loss or less and providing a unique ability to deliver the connector inside a protective housing. The small footprint (8.3mm outside diameter) of the FieldShield Pushable MPO allows this unique MPO assembly to fit into existing conduits that may have other cables inside – a cost effective alternative to building expensive, new conduit routes. Until now, these “congested” routes posed a problem with larger size traditional pre-terminated cables. But with its protective housing in place, the FieldShield Pushable MPO cable assembly can be either pushed into the conduit or pulled using its integrated pulling loop. Problem solved.
Once the cable is installed into the conduit and the FieldShield Pushable MPO connector reaches the desired location, a technician removes
the protective housing using a pair of splicer’s snips, snaps the outer housing over the connector body, and plugs the connector into a Clearview® Blue cassette. The cassette breaks out the 12- or 24-fiber MPO to the end user’s choice of connector. This allows the provider to easily connect customer equipment and add services by simply plugging and unplugging new equipment in minutes instead of hours.
Providing service to business customers becomes faster and without any specialized tools. This is what is meant by “plug and play.” Providing business services can be faster and avoid costly capital expenditures.
To see if the FieldShield Pushable MPO solution is right for your business service deployments, ask yourself the following 5 questions. Does my current method allow for:
- Fast installations with no specialized tools?
- The ability to use existing conduit structures to gain access to my customers?
- Easy, non-disruptive changes when my customer requests an upgrade of services?
- Quality connections that are repeatable?
- The use of entry level technicians instead of highly trained splicers and equipment?
If the answer is “no” to any of these questions, then your business fiber deployment is in store for a faster, higher performance fiber deployment when you switch to using the Clearfield FieldShield Pushable MPO solution.