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Figure 109: Optical Network terminator
4.1.3 ALU ONT
The ALU GPON fibre to the home deployment will enable higher BW HSIA plans and will support multiple SD
and HD STB’s, as well as Derived Voice, at the customer premise. The ALU I-220A indoor ONT is installed in
the customer premise with a single fibre SC connector running back to the passive splitter cabinet in the field.
The ONT’s Ethernet port will provide HSIA and TTV service, while the POTS port will provide DV service.
Figure 110: ALU ONT
4.2 Three Types of Fiber Drop
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Corning Clear Curve
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Composite Cable (4-strand fiber & 6 pair buried copper)
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Fujikura Fiber
All drops require one loop of slack for the pedestals and tubs & are tagged with the house number using an
orange fiber tag (orderable in the GPON order form).