Saturday, 2 July 2016

So how do we resolve these issues ?

If you think short-sighted, then the first reaction might be that  it will settle down in 2-3 year or no need to fix as it happens in every apartment complex. Think long-term and we need a solution for this.

Technically this is a structured cabling fault. And it can be fixed by:
  1. Introducing structured cabling element known as "Wall Mount LIU/Patch Panel" between conduit and SP Floor Distribution boxes
  2. Upfront deciding on the safe number (and commonly used types) of drop cables required for voice, data and video and laying them together, even if not all are used
  3. Terminating the Cables in shaft side at the Patch Panel and on the flat side in a wall outlet, basically sealing the drop cables for Life. 
  4. Any cable run from shaft to Patch panel can be enclosed in rodent safe conduit for additional protection. Ditto for cables running from Patch panel to SP floor distribution box.
Box, Cable, Conduit and Plate (BCCP). Easy to remember. Refer the illustration below:


Now whenever a new service provider is required, he just patch into the flat's termination  in patch panel and plug his  CPE (ONT, modem, router, phone) into the wall outlet on the flat side and we are good to go. Their is no tampering with cables and therefore:
  • No chance of damage to cables of a flat during its lifetime by SP addition, removal, upgrade etc during the lifetime as they are not operated after being laid (unless damaged by natural degradation in decades or some calamity)
  • No chance of a neighbour in your floor doing the above and accidentally impacting your flat's services (his conduit is also not operated)
  • Big Improvement in efficiency of SP field staff when they have to provide new connections or remove connections
  • No stickiness factor for any resident with any Service provider (real freedom of choice)
  • Entry of new players eased as their is no bottleneck to bring their networks if required (i.e. not agreeing to use apartment level Pursuit FTTH network and residents insisting to have their service option) to each dwelling
  • You can take the 2nd internet connection as and when you please (only requirement is one SP one cable)
The GI wire gets used now only in some freak case of repair required for cables. Also we expect each flat in a floor follow integration with patch panel, so that we do not inconvenience our neighbours in any way.

Basically, Death to monopoly, duopoly and any oligopoly !!! And the power of "freedom to choose" back in the hands of the residents where it originally belongs. In essence what patch panel solution is doing is making the entire process of changing or taking new connections a plug and play affair for both the resident as well as the service provider.



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