Specifications include, but are not limited to: ✔ Conduit should go from the utility pole to the customer's house where the utility boxes are located and follow the route of other underground utilities. ✔ Conduit must be a minimum of 1.5″ diameter for distances under three hundred feet and any overall distances longer than 300 feet require 2″ diameter conduit. o Conduit must be “schedule forty electrical” (i.e., not water pipe), and must use long sweeps (i.e., not 90-degree elbows or “L” shaped angles). As an alternative communications grade flexible duct may be used. o Fiber cannot be bent at harsh angles as it will cause a poor signal and will break. ✔ Conduit over 400’ will require intermediate pull boxes or pedestals which will be supplied by NEK Broadband ✔ Conduit must come up at least 1.5’ – 2′ above grade at both the house and pole and must be secured to the pole and to the house or backboard. Also, conduit on the pole side must come up in the same quadrant (same side of the pole) as existing services. Conduit on the house side MUST come up on the outside of the house. ✔ Conduit must be trenched 18″-24″ deep. ✔ Tracer wire must be installed (i.e., 12-16 gauge, coated) on top of the conduit for Dig Safe and future location, as the selected Internet Service provider (ISP) (Name) may not have “toneable” cable available. ✔ Conduit should have a 210-250 lb. “tensile-strength” pull string installed. ✔ The pull string should extend approximately two (2) feet beyond the ends of the conduit and should be tied around the outside of the conduit and place an unglued cap over the ends of the conduit to prevent water from entering. ✔ Bidders must not use weather heads as there is too high a risk for fiber to break and interrupt service. Installing temporary (i.e., unglued) caps or plastic bags on ends is helpful to keep water out prior to installation. After fiber is installed, Bidder will use a specialized putty to plug the conduit. ✔ All work will be done with minimal disturbance whenever possible and total restoration in agreement with customers for any disturbances that do occur.
