Bikerider007
Finally riding a big boys bike
My son dropped by today. He is a Superintendent for a fiber optic co or something. I should know this stuff but they have been deemed one of those companies that is a necessity.
They have a contract with Cox for some work, but Cox is overwhelmed so they are giving access to their software and grid to help them. They were asking for volunteers to work 7 days a week will also have some mandatory weekends.
Apparently some little box (someone here may know I cant recall) per area usually carry's about 2500 homes. They are getting the traffic as if 5k homes as many are now working from home or online all day. He said when it jumps they have to get a crew out and tie in a new fiber optic line to a "doghouse". I guess like a substation and pull new cable to that little box to increase bandwidth. He also said they gave them special ID's showing they are required business that can't be shut down or told not to work, even if local government has something in place.
They have a contract with Cox for some work, but Cox is overwhelmed so they are giving access to their software and grid to help them. They were asking for volunteers to work 7 days a week will also have some mandatory weekends.
Apparently some little box (someone here may know I cant recall) per area usually carry's about 2500 homes. They are getting the traffic as if 5k homes as many are now working from home or online all day. He said when it jumps they have to get a crew out and tie in a new fiber optic line to a "doghouse". I guess like a substation and pull new cable to that little box to increase bandwidth. He also said they gave them special ID's showing they are required business that can't be shut down or told not to work, even if local government has something in place.