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Fiber through the house is a PITA. The fiber cable is fragile, can't be bent and can't be tested/resized without special equipment. I wait to end my current con
by arein3 4y ago
Fiber through the house is a PITA. The fiber cable is fragile, can't be bent and can't be tested/resized without special equipment. I wait to end my current contract with the internet provider and will switch to a new one that has normal equipment that allows to run ethernet trough the house.
- simoncion 4y agoFiber _totally_ can be bent. I have several fiber cables that I can wrap around my pinky finger, no problem. However, it is true that you can't usually expect fiber to survive the "yank really hard on it until it untwists" method of kink removal.