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     Re: fibre experience, anyone?   
     By: August Abolins to All on Sat Apr 20 2024 08:40:00   
      
   Hi,   
      
    > With two spare "unassigned"   
    > ports, that seemed strange to the tech.  He was simply told   
    > that they weren't available to use.   
      
   I am sure the rules vary wildly between providers and locations but, assuming   
   this is a PON based service, it's possible that they would have a rule to   
   leave one port free on each splitter to move a customer onto in case of a   
   fault? Splitters don't tend to go faulty but you never know.   
      
   Some providers will also leave a reflector on one port of each splitter to   
   allow them to run OTDR tests, again not all that common but who knows?   
      
   I'd have thought the installer would know about either of these cases, though,   
   so my best guess would be admin error :)   
      
   BobW   
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