72 Strand Corning ALTOS Outdoor (OSP) Armored Direct Burial Rated Singlemode OS2 9/125 Fiber Optic Cable by the Foot

Our Fiber-By-Foot is in stock and ready to cut to your exact length. 

This Outdoor Corning Altos® Armored Direct Burial (OSPDB) Fiber Optic Cable is rated for almost all outdoor applications.  This cable the most durable and rugged fiber optic cabling we offer for permanent installation.  It is designed for installation directly buried in trenches and underground installation where rodent chew damage is a concern, overhead lashed to a guy wire, or secured to a building or other permanent outdoor structure.  This jacket design also offers superior crush resistance.  Our outdoor armored fiber optic cable is perfect for campus backbones, headend termination to a fiber backbone, and intra-building backbones.  it is also designed for a variety of voice, data, video, and image applications.

Choosing a direct burial rated jacket helps save time and money in outdoor applications where conduit is necessary, or in industrial environments which require extra protection. Although this option is priced higher than standard indoor/outdoor distribution cable that needs to be ran inside conduit, it outweighs its overall price when compared the cost of purchasing conduit and then the labor involved having to pull the cable through it.  This outdoor (OSPDB) armored cable has a heavy duty polyethylene (PE) UV and water proof jacket, corrugated steel tubing, and water blocking swellable tape surrounding the fiber optic strands.

Note: Polyethylene (PE) OSP cable is restricted to a 50 feet run indoors due to fire-code restrictions. 

Features and Cable Manufacturer Characteristics:

• 72 Strands of Premium Corning® Optical Fibers
• Wavelength Singlemode OS2 - 1310/1383/1550nm
• Link Length: 10,000 m (1Gb/s@1550nm), 5,000 m (10Gb/s@1550nm)
• Gel-free Loose Tube Fibers
• Heavy Duty Black Polyethylene (PE) Jacket
• Corrugated Steel Armor
• Superior Protection from UV Radiation, Fungus, Abrasion, and other Environmental Factors
• Fully water-blocked core using water blocking tape
• Crush & Rodent Resistant 
• Jacket print ensures product identification and fiber type
• Max Tensile Loads: Short Term: 2700N (600lbf) Long Term: 890 N (200 lbf)
• Temps: Storage -40ºF to +158ºF / Installation -22ºF to +158ºF / Operation -40ºF to +158ºC
• Outer Diameter: 0.48 in
• Min Bend Radius Installation: 7.2 in
• Min Bend Radius: 4.8 in
• RoHS Compliant - Free of hazardous substances according to RoHS 2011/65/EU
• Design and Test Criteria: ANSI/ICEA S-87-640, Telcordia GR-20, RDUP PE-90

Lead Time:  24-48 hours.

If this is an urgent order please call or email Sales at 888-568-1230 option 1 for a current estimated time.

NOTE: Due to the fact that this fiber it cut to a custom length it is non-cancelable and non-returnable

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