1 8 WISPAMERICA 2022 I MARCH 14 - 17, 2022 www.bekabusinessmedia.com DAY 1 Surpassing your deployment milestones by doubling the rate of your PON cabinet deployments is possible. Clearfield customers do it every day with modular, building block architectures using in-cassette splicing. No Splice Case. No Vault. No Inventory Management. Splicing inside the Clearview Cassette will: • Cut in half the time to place a cabinet • Minimize your labor costs • Reduce operational/maintenance costs How is this possible? Let’s dive in. Fiber distribution hub (FDH) cabinets come in many different styles, shapes and sizes. Most popular sizes range from 144 to 432 count FDH cabinets. A common legacy method of FDH cabinet deployment ships with a high-count fiber tail from the factory that gets spliced into the feeder (F1) and distribution (F2) fibers in the field within a splice case at a vault near the cabinet. This operation requires opening the vault, pumping the manhole, setting up safety cones and signs impacting traffic, prepping multiple F1 and F2 cables, opening the splice case, tray preparation, bringing the fiber tails to the splice point, splicing the fibers, closing the splice case, and properly securing the F1 and F2 cables. Depending on the size of the cabinet and whether it is an aerial or pole mounted cabinet, the total installation time takes between six to nine hours. Clearfield supports this type of installation using our modular, 12-port patchonly Clearview Cassette with the fiber tail spliced in at the factory. Alternatively, to stay competitive and reduce operational costs inherent with legacy technologies, service providers are turning to patch and splice deployments using Clearfield’s in-cassette splicing as they upgrade their outside plant to an all-fiber network. With Clearfield’s in-cassette splicing, the FDH cabinets ship from the factory without fiber tails but equipped with Clearview cassettes ready for splicing in the field. The Clearfield cabinet is safer for the technicians as there are no traffic concerns. The F1 and F2 fibers terminate directly in the cassette. Many installation sites start with a cabinet that is 50 percent loaded with cassettes. The beauty of this setup is that providers can align their capital costs with subscriber take rates. This operation requires prepping only as many F1 and F2 cables as there are cassette ports, prepping the cassette, bringing the cassette to the fiber tails for splicing, splicing the fibers in the cassette, putting the cassettes back in the cabinet, and properly securing the F1 and F2 cables. Depending on the size of the cabinet and whether it is an aerial or pole mounted cabinet, the total installation time takes between two to five hours. That’s a 50 percent savings in installation time, and we all know that time is money. With homes passed affecting service provider success, rapid service turn up has become a necessity. Increased market demand for gigabit-class services is driving greenfield deployments, competitive overbuild and replacement of legacy copper and coax with future-proof networks. At the same time, given that skilled fiber technician shortages continue to persist, carriers look for ways to overcome deployment challenges by taking advantage of new techniques and craft-friendly technology. Using products tailored to simplify installation by reducing complexity can significantly cut installation times. Clearfield’s improved fiber cabinet designs eliminate the need for a splice case and the additional installation time. By taking advantage of more efficient technologies, carriers can cut fiber cabinet installation times in half — speeding time to revenue. m For more information visit booth # 820 Doubling Rate of Fiber Homes Passed is a Matter of Time By Kevin Morgan Clearfield Chief Marketing Officer Payment processor for ISPs and telecommunications companies IPpay is launching a product in conjunction with its bank sponsor, Fresno First Bank. Building on the payment processing relationship with offering loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA), this program is an advancement in supplying operators with funding opportunities for project buildouts, acquisitions and the ability to purchase real estate. Using IPpay’s SBA offering will make it easier for operators to obtain cost-effective capital to grow their businesses more rapidly and with more profitability. Leveraging the history IPpay has with the industry, Fresno First Bank is excited to partner with the solution. “Fresno First Bank has seen this vertical as one needing additional financial services like SBA loans, and we cannot be happier than have the ability to do it with a partner like IPpay,” said Steve Miller, the bank’s CEO and President. Through the program, loans are offered up to a $5 million and terms setting the interest rate at a fixed amount above prime, with repayment times of 10 and 25 years, should it be real estate. “Supporting and innovating solutions and products for our customers is at the core of ConVergence’s companies; this is yet one more way we work to make our customers bigger, better, and stronger. With the team at Fresno First Bank sharing this vision, we have been able to make this possible.” Marc Kruer, CEO ConVergence Technologies IPpay was founded to solve card-notpresent (CNP) issues for recurring payments for ISPs, cable, and telecommunications providers. IPpay’s platform provides simple implementation and seamless integration that allows merchants to benefit without negative impact to cardholders. m IPpay is a member of the ConVergence Technologie Inc. family of companies. Additional information is available from IPpay’s website at www.IPpay.com or by calling 561-513-8778 or visit booth #402. IPpay Introduces Product to Help Operators Obtain Funding
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