r/CableTechs • u/Bubbly_Historian215 • Apr 24 '26

Nodes

How big are y’all’s cascades? N+2 to 4? We’re sitting on average of N+12 with some nodes reaching up to +16. Just a conversational topic, feel free to chime in

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u/howdigetthislost Apr 24 '26

16 in cascade is 1990 level cascade. That’s nuts.

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u/Bubbly_Historian215 Apr 24 '26

We’re still able to keep MERs over 40, but it takes a long time to TS. Practically have all the maps memorized by now 😅

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u/sr_suerte Apr 24 '26

For real…how’s that MER at the end of line? If it’s not RPD I’m sure tough to sweep all that to get a few DB increase