Repairing fibre cable

Forums › LAN (ethernet/Wifi/routers/Bluetooth) › Repairing fibre cable

1 | 2

SirHumphreyAppleby

2942 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1863

#3365055 17-Apr-2025 18:13

Gordy7:

Step daughter chopped through her fibre cable just inside the boundary. Similar to OP situation.

2degrees/Chorus repaired the cable pretty quickly. Edit - never got charged.

Don't know how the join was fixed.

We had a second line installed years ago for Internet connectivity. It wasn't buried properly and ran through the garden. When it eventually got chopped, we didn't pay a cent to repair it, nor should anyone who accidentally breaks the fibre when the installation is so shoddy.

SATTV

1670 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 658

ID Verified

#3365078 17-Apr-2025 18:34

nztim:

That must be one powerful spade, that Microduct is pretty strong stuff

I don’t think so, every time I have asked for a sample from a chorus tech on several installs they refuse.

i have seen them bury these only mm deep so wont take much.

John

I know enough to be dangerous

johno1234

3361 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2844

#3365086 17-Apr-2025 20:02

This is the issue. In ground installs are at the surface. Are there no standards about cover depth?

Bung

6734 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2928

Subscriber

#3365091 17-Apr-2025 20:52

"Chorus’ fibre-optic cables should be buried at least 200mm deep in rugged polyethylene tubes that are designed to withstand “multiple strikes with a spade or fork”, " from Stuff article.

That might work for a shovel but many gardeners keep a sharp edge on spades. Chopping through roots is a normal thing spades are used for.

In this case the nearness to the old copper pillar might have made a cautious approach wiser. Where was the green Chorus boundary tag?

Jase2985

13735 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 6217

ID Verified

Lifetime subscriber

#3365097 17-Apr-2025 21:25

kiwifidget:

I did take a couple of photos, for the sake of posterity, but they dont really show the real scope of things.

Thats the boundary, and the cable is quite shallow there. Maybe 2 inches deep at most.

Close up doesnt show the depth at all, but a nice clean one and done slice through.

When the cable was laid by Chorus they used a chainsaw like thing to make a groove in the ground. Its about 100m from the boundary to the ONT.