Data Fiber Infrastructure

 

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Data Fiber Infrastructure 

  • New installations of data fiber between buildings will be of the following type: 9/125 singlemode fiber cable designed for outdoor use.
  • No installation of data fiber shall be direct buried; all will be installed in appropriate industry standard conduit. It is preferable that the conduit use interducts.
  • New installations of data fiber between major buildings shall consist of no less than 48 strands.
  • New installations of data fiber on the interior of buildings will be of the following type: 9/125 singlemode fiber cable with plenum rating as required.
  • New installations of interior data fiber will consist of no less than 12 strands.
  • New data fiber installations will be terminated with LC connectors.  Updates to existing installations will use connector types that match the existing installation.

Review/Revision Tracking

Date Action
11-1-06 Initial Date
10-28-21 Revised
2-21-24 Reviewed
5-1-25 Reviewed