Thanks Sean! Looks like over priced residential inner duct to me. Sheet rock accomplishes pretty much the same thing. I want reliable home Internet too, but it’s not a CO. I’d install a PVC sleeve on the OSP to ISP transition. The risk of outage isn’t going to materially move one way or the other as far as I can tell. YMMV, -M< On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 21:28 Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com> wrote:
I should have known better, network engineers don't work on the physical infrastructure very much anymore - memories of sitting on concrete floors crimping cable ends in to many IXPs :-)
If you never seen or installed ENT Electrical Nonmetallic Tubing Conduit, also known as "smurf tube" -- here is a new YouTube video of someone installing a smurf tube between an external DEMARC and internal distribution point for his fiber connection.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUCe9lAWY4U
In the U.S. - ENT is UL listed as electrical conduit and can be used in most residential (and some commercial) runs. Commonly used for low-voltage and fiber runs in the US. I'm not an expert on other countries wiring codes.
ENT is not the same as in-rack wiring management products (i.e. the split-wall plastic wire holders).