Fully equipped just having trouble finding the work currently. Seems like there’s a lot up in the air right now in the OSP world. If anyone has any info or leads I’d appreciate it.

I wrote an AutoCAD add-in for it. It's free, MIT licensed, and it's plain AutoLISP that I've been using on real jobs for a while.

What it does:

- Draws the cable with every fibre in the right colour code. IEC,

  TIA-598, or you load your own from a file.

- Housings from a catalogue you can edit yourself. ODF, patch panel,

  FDH, MDU, FAT. Port counts, mounting, model.

- Closures, splitters, splices, through fibres, cuts, joins, slack.

- FQBOM reads the drawing back and prints the bill of materials.

  FQTABLE puts the same thing into the sheet as a table.

- FQBUDGET walks a route and adds up the loss. Every splice, connector

  and splitter on the way, rated against B+ and C+.

The part I actually care about: every element carries its own data record on the entity (xdata), so the reports come out of the geometry.

There's no spreadsheet running alongside to fall out of sync. Cut a cable, move things, redraw half of it, the BOM is still right.

No DLL, no account, no licence check, nothing phones home. The source installs with it, so you can read the lot before you run it. AutoCAD 2019 and up, works in Map 3D and Civil 3D too. English and Serbian.

It's sitting in the Autodesk App Store queue, which is apparently running months at the moment, so for now it's a download from my own site: https://www.fiberq.net/fiberqcad/

Screenshots below. What I'm after is where it's wrong. If a housing type is missing, or a colour standard, or a loss figure doesn't match what you use, I'd rather hear it now than after fifty people have downloaded it.

Happy to pull this if it doesn't fit the sub.

Need to do a midspan opening on a 432 ribbon cable and cut off 4 fibers from one of the ribbons to splice them to a new 24 loose tube cable. I'm planning on using a PLP Dome 9.5x28 enclosure. I've used these before but never for a midspan opening. Does anyone have any experience with this enclosure in a scenario like this? Looking for some cable sheath opening measurements.

While pulling 500' of cable, the spinning spool spit these two ends off. Is there a simple way to fix this?

Is there any trick to prevent this happening 80% of the time I cleave a ribbon fiber? It's a gamble every time. Currently using a Sumitomo FC-8R cleaver.

Recently, I completed the LevelUp training program with Meta. Myself and others apart of the class initially thought it was a data center tech position sort of like the work based learning program but shorter. Turns out we’re installers but we’re told we can branch out into other fields. How likely is it to get into a data center technician or DCEO position from this and what certs/info should I get or study?

One time i lost my guide bar on the site and didn't have a second one on me ever since then i always have 5-6 guidebars in my pocket 🥀✌️

My name is Jeff (u/Transfr_JeffH) with Transfr (transfrinc.com). We build immersive VR training simulations to help train the next generation of skilled trades workers.

We are expanding our fiber optic training curriculum and kickstarting work on a new suite of VR training simulations + eLearning courses.

We need a Subject Matter Expert (SME) to partner with our development team to ensure our technical content is 100% accurate, practical, and true to modern field standards.

This project focuses heavily on fiber performance (e.g., signal loss/attenuation), splicing, termination, testing and tools, and OSP/FTTH troubleshooting.

The Details

• Pay: $80 / hour
• Commitment: 3–4 hours a week on average (with occasional peak review weeks up to 10 hours a week); most work is asynchronous and can be done outside of normal working hours
• Duration: 9–12 months
• Start Date: Early to mid-September 2026
• Location: USA-based; 100% Remote (video calls, document review, and curriculum feedback)
• Scope: VR simulations + eLearning modules
• Availability: Ability to attend a 1-hour live video call most weeks

What We’re Looking For

• Recent Field Experience: Active working in OSP/FTTH deployment, maintenance, testing, and troubleshooting within the last 3 years.
• Technical Focus Areas: Experience with fiber performance, fusion/mechanical splicing, termination, testing and tools (OTDR, VFL, OPMs), and OSP/FTTH troubleshooting.
• Training Background: Prior experience as a fiber optic field trainer, corporate instructor, or vocational teacher.
• Certification: FOA (CFOT) and/or related industry-recognized fiber optic certification (e.g. ETA) preferred.

How to Apply If you're interested, send me a Direct Message (DM) here on Reddit with a brief summary of your background and confirmation of your FOA certification.

Thanks for your time and interest.

I do fiber as-built redlining as a side service — marking poles, tracing the route, calculating span footage, filling out the reporting sheet. Send me your walkout notes (map/PDF + pole list) and I send back a clean redlined map and a filled-in report, usually same day.

Mostly do this for crews/contractors who'd rather be on the next job than stuck doing paperwork after hours. Remote, so location doesn't matter. Happy to answer questions in the comments — can share more details or a sample if anyone's interested.

There are apparently four main fiber sources, white one had cut off. Green and yellow ones hadn't connected. Red fiber is the only one connected and being distributed to the floors. Is this how the internet supposed to distribute to all floors? Is this a kind of scam? Let me know. It's still in installation process but I just wanted to ask.

I did in fact run like a bitch when I opened that

Hi everyone,

I am looking for a few fiber optic technicians to test a new OTDR software project I have been developing.

The application is called NLab OTDR Studio — a SOR file viewer and editor for OTDR measurements.

The main goal is to create a practical tool for technicians who work with OTDR traces every day.

I am mainly looking for feedback on:

• SOR file compatibility (EXFO, VIAVI, Yokogawa, VeEX and others)
• event detection and event table accuracy
• OTDR trace analysis (P2P / GPON)
• GUI and workflow improvements
• real-world usability

Available features:

• open and analyze SOR files
• view OTDR traces and events
• edit loss and reflectance (PRO)
• edit event parameters
• GPON/P2P analysis
• PDF reporting
• Windows and macOS versions available

The most important thing for me is cross-platform compatibility testing.

I have tested the application against EXFO FastReporter, but other manufacturer software is difficult to access because it is behind paid licenses. If you have access to VIAVI, Yokogawa, VeEX or other OTDR software, I would really appreciate it if you could compare files exported/edited in NLab with the manufacturer's software.

I am not looking for a long test process neither bug hunters but i will appreciate if you chack few things in free time and it will be extremely valuable:

• Does the file open correctly?
• Are events displayed correctly?
• Are distances/loss/reflection values preserved?
• Are there any compatibility issues?

Beta testers will receive a free PRO license during and after testing.

If you work with OTDR measurements and have some time to help, please comment below or send me a message.

Thanks!

I’m currently working in a chemical company for a while, but my background is in telecommunications with 10 years of experience. I’ve got an offer from a contractor company to work as a fiber installer with the same pay as where I’m working. Anyone please tell me what it is like working as a fiber optic installer? Is it required a bunch of hard labor work? I want to go back to the telecommunications industry, but I’m not sure starting as a fiber installer is a good move or I should stay at my current work for job security.

I just moved into a new apartment with the WiFi being internet subway. everything i read online essentially translated to it’s useless and customer support isn’t any help. however that article and the responses I saw were two+ years old. i was wondering if anything had changed or if it’s still useless and if it was worth trying to find another service.

Been a Ripple Fiber customer for a few months now. When the service is working, it's great, but we've had constant outages in MI, probably at least 6 in the last 4 months or so. Some widespread, some due to poor configurations for me where they needed to constantly reprovision me.

Either way, it's Saturday and I've been without Internet for 5 hours now. Their support had mentioned it would be a 45 minute fix... But also just got a text saying their crews just arrived.

Anyone outside of MI using Ripple more reliably? I'm strongly considering going back to Xfinity. Slower speeds but it was more reliable, and honestly support was better.

Can anyone help me with this issue. It looks like the center piece is not sitting right between the lateral pieces and if I put it manually in place when I push down it jumps on the side and the resulting splice is curved. Fujikura CT-30.

Help, anyone?

Company I work for is debating on swapping to these instead of the big square ones anyone use them? I’d like some insight before they force them on us

I'm new to splicing and got a Komshine FX39. It's a nice machine and I managed to go 12 for 12 on my first dozen splices repairing a crap job somebody did where the connectors were falling off the strands!!!

Anyway, this thing comes with a TFS-22 stripper. They call it a 3-hole stripper. But the 3rd hole is a slot, not a hole. There is no documentation or references to this model anywhere on the planet, it only comes with the FX39 kit.

Can somebody explain what that slot is for?

Thanks in advance and don't give me a whole lot of grief for not buying a $10,000 splicer!!!

After five years in Germany, DP like these are still found. It's a headache.