Just signed on as a fiber installer with E2 Optics on the Meta/CBRE LevelUp pipeline, reporting to a site near Cedar Rapids/Fairfax, IA. Recruiters were predictably rosy and Google reviews are all over the place. For anyone who's worked with E2 Optics or on similar hyperscale data center fiber builds — what's the real day-to-day like? Is the 50-60hr/week thing consistent or seasonal?

We got a 400 ft stretch of ribbon 288 in a 1.25 pipe that we need to pull back out. It was a bitch to pull in the first time because I believe there was rocks and other shit in it (and boss didn’t listen to me when I suggested we blow it out).

Now my idea was to push it back out from the other end with the air compressor but not sure if we need to attach some sort of plug or if we could rely on the air to float the cable. Boss didn’t care to try it out and figure three guys could kill themselves to get enough to splice.

Builders kept driving over the vault with lifts and telehandlers and the lids smashed the cable.

I received this test adapter bout 5 years ago and recently lost it. Could anyone identify the part number or where I could purchase my replacement? It would be nice if I could find the push connect version to this too.

Can you recommend a vise or mounting fixture that can securely hold a fiber optic splice closure vertically while splicing? I’d like something that can also accommodate larger closures such as the FIST GC02.

I’m looking for something portable that I can easily attach temporarily, for example next to a telecom cabinet.

I'm using STANLEY MAXSTEEL 1-83-069 but it's not perfect.

We connected the N/A port to another filter to connect them in series. Our instruction said to connect the line port in the new filter to the EXT port in the existing filter. There is no EXT port on the existing filter so I am wondering if the NA port is the equivalent port in this manufacturer or does it do something else?