Can't throw me off the scent

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No, I get you. The artifacts for these you see at museums are impressive. The bigger ones would make some great bookends.

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Those are truly amazing. Even the giant honking old stuff on the poles is kinda neat.

could you imagine splicing stuff like this?

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I'm still surprised that Australia didn't do more with the HFC network. Seems like a missed opportunity. Some ISPs in the USA are trialing 2Gbps symmetric (2Gbps up and down) over coax.

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could you imagine splicing stuff like this?

Ugh. Honestly, I'd quit. And I actually like repairing things. You'd have to bring in "the guy" that just really enjoys this kind of repetitive and error-prone repair task.

Context: https://www.reddit.com/r/cablefail/comments/5novv2/3900_pair_underground_splice_that_got_wet_due_to/

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All I see is a 4000 piece jigsaw puzzle

Actually, this one is less fun, just corrosion. good thing there's enough slack to do it all again!

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The cables of HPCs are liquid cooled. Replacing them is not trivial

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You know there's more to it than just raw copper, right?

The cable itself, insulation, active cooling, labor, complicated build process, specialized installation, etc.

Don't be daft.

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I was rereading this thread today because I'm a cable dork and I thought you might like this bit I forgot to tell last night.

So on that job where I underestimated the fiber, after I made the shitty call to my boss to tell him how bad I fucked up, I cut it around the mid point to make it easier to rip out. I swear to god not even 15 minutes later my boss calls back and says hey whatever you do don't cut it! Pull it all out and wrap it up we'll use it for another job. I'm like, sure thing boss. Luckily he either forgot about it or more likely gave me a break.

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Not very. Worthless if cut into short lengths.

A thief who rips a bunch out of a construction site or similar won't be able to sell it for anything, if that's what you wanted to know.

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I'm sure they're all handcrafted masterpieces of workmanship, lmao.

Bob

I can't be annoyed by someone who knows it's an L and correctly guesses I love marmite!

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Like that would happen when they can sell £4 cables for £300.

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It's not that £4 cable costs £300. £4 is the scrap value of the copper once the insulation has been peeled off. Freshly made cable costs a bit more than that.

It costs £300 to fix because of the cost of the cable, labour and the workmanship.

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Why scrap it when you can turn around and sell it right back to them?

TheLowestStone

If I break into your house and steal your TV then knock on your door the next day to offer to sell it back to you, would you buy it?

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Depends on how much copper is in it, I guess

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Well, the ones making the cable still probably only make a small fraction of the value in labor. The majority of the inflated price goes to C suite paychecks.

I remember when I made 10s of thousands worth of cable every day from cheap materials and walked away with a couple thousand a month. I ended up quitting that job, but the slightly mentally challenged woman there who was the most efficient and accurate to spec probably still sits there making cables every day.

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Not much since I stripped it out and sold it for a cool $4. Now do you want this cable for 1/2 off or not!

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But fibre does form a crucial part of a healthy diet. Much on fibre optic cables while you sweat hard to dig up the real copper.