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Broadband Outside Plant
Outside plant hardware carries and protects cable in the environment between buildings: on poles, buried, or in below-grade vaults, where it is exposed to weather and physical load that indoor cable never sees. Every enclosure and fitting in this category is rated for that exposure first.
What we supply
Splice closures
Sealed enclosures that protect a fiber or copper splice point from moisture and physical damage, rated for aerial, buried, or vault installation depending on where the splice sits.
Specify by: port or cable capacity, mounting environment, seal type, fiber or copper.
Aerial and drop hardware
Hardware that supports cable strung between poles or from a pole to a building, carrying the mechanical load of the span so the cable itself does not bear the tension.
Specify by: span length, cable type, mount point, load rating.
Dead-ends and clamps
Fittings that terminate a cable's mechanical load at a pole or anchor point, gripping the strand or cable jacket without damaging the conductors inside.
Specify by: cable diameter range, load rating, material, mount type.
Distribution cabinets
Street-level or building-entry enclosures that house splice points and distribution equipment for a neighborhood or building segment, rated for outdoor exposure and the surrounding ground and traffic load where buried nearby.
Specify by: capacity, mounting type, environmental rating, lock type.
Pedestals
Small, ground-mounted enclosures at a drop location, typically the last aboveground point before a service enters a building.
Specify by: height, capacity, base type, environmental rating.
Specifying broadband outside plant
Outside plant enclosures are rated for a specific environment, typically by an IP or NEMA rating, and a closure rated for a buried vault is not automatically suitable for direct burial. The two are different exposure conditions.
Aerial cable is installed with sag built in at a calculated tension, not pulled tight, so it can move with wind and temperature without exceeding its rated load. Tension comes from the cable manufacturer and the span length together, not from the hardware alone.
Buried cable and conduit depth requirements are set by local code and by what shares the trench, such as power conductors, and the minimum separation between them is a safety requirement, not a suggestion.
Building a run and want part numbers? Send us the configuration and we will come back with a specified list and pricing.