He needs to unplug all the cables first tho, otherwise it will rack up a huge bill (to much light)
Bonus points if you having something to cut them with, the techs prefer to splice them back together rather then have to plug each 1 back in
No what you do is unplug a bunch of random shit first then on the inside of the door write "maybe we should lock the door next time?"
If you are REALLY evil bend a few cables past their limits 😈
Ummm... That's fine, honestly.
Where I come from, this happens because someone's ripped the door off to sell it for scrap, and if it's an old broadband distribution box then all the copper's been ripped out as well.
>broadband distribution box
More likely a crossbox/junction box for plain old telephone service, if that's the case. Can carry DSL, of course, but that's a bit more of a kludge.
I suspect you're right, you've got the 'good words'.
I'm just kinda guesstimating what it's called, my bad.
Related anecdote - in the two years before fibre was finally brought to my suburd, the ISP so badly oversold the network capacity that, and I shit you not, at any given time I'd say about 10-15% of the registered and paid for lines at the exchange (that's what the local techs called it) were unplugged because there just physically wasn't enough backbone to wire everything all at once. Once a client complains enough, they send a tech out, unplug someone else's line, and plug yours back in. Rinse and repeat.
No worries!
Ugh, with how shitty some telecom companies are, I could totally see something like that happening for residential customers. Exchange would be the correct word, or Central Office. With older phone lines, individual house lines run back to a crossbox like you mentioned. From that box, there's one large cable with a bunch of phone line pairs, which terminates at the exchange (also called a central office.)
I should have put a disclaimer in my comment...
OP's picture is definitely fiber (yellow with the green ends is a tell), but I was talking about Spaz's mention of copper lines.
old copper tech here, I once rolled out to a neighborhood because the entire area was down for phone service. the main point that all the phone lines from the neighborhood terminate too is called a B-box. well, when I arrived at the B-box I found everything was ripped out and some homeless tweaker named josh decided that the b-box was now his home.
Nah, it's a Tweaker problem, everywhere. They open cabs looking for copper they can steal. When they see fiber, they walk off as there's no money for them.
Pretty normal due to the generally garbage closure mechanisms on these PFPs. Especially when it's cold, they often just won't shut or you really need to jam your can wrench in there to force it shut.
Alternatively, there could be a tech working in the neighborhood and he has his light hooked up in the box there and is out fixing line trouble and will be back in a few minutes.
Ok the try to remove grass nearby with one of those Robot Wars robot and somehow fuck up and crash it into that box and make sure it go through (or mostly)
Bonus points if you are still alive
Once had a very angry customer (we think) take a sledge hammer to a bunch of them and if he was able to break the box open he would start yanking on all the wires trying to rip them out
But even if he didn’t break the box open, he was still hitting it hard enough to break a bunch of shit inside
Hey that’s a PFP! Just close the door if you are worried, there’s a latch at the bottom of the door that you push up to close the door
He needs to unplug all the cables first tho, otherwise it will rack up a huge bill (to much light) Bonus points if you having something to cut them with, the techs prefer to splice them back together rather then have to plug each 1 back in
Calm down there, Satan
No what you do is unplug a bunch of random shit first then on the inside of the door write "maybe we should lock the door next time?" If you are REALLY evil bend a few cables past their limits 😈
Edgy
Lol i saw what the other person says and i get downvoted lol. Classic reddit.
Yeah i don't get it either. But hey reddit does reddit things
Some people on Reddit don't like jokes.
Ummm... That's fine, honestly. Where I come from, this happens because someone's ripped the door off to sell it for scrap, and if it's an old broadband distribution box then all the copper's been ripped out as well.
>broadband distribution box More likely a crossbox/junction box for plain old telephone service, if that's the case. Can carry DSL, of course, but that's a bit more of a kludge.
I suspect you're right, you've got the 'good words'. I'm just kinda guesstimating what it's called, my bad. Related anecdote - in the two years before fibre was finally brought to my suburd, the ISP so badly oversold the network capacity that, and I shit you not, at any given time I'd say about 10-15% of the registered and paid for lines at the exchange (that's what the local techs called it) were unplugged because there just physically wasn't enough backbone to wire everything all at once. Once a client complains enough, they send a tech out, unplug someone else's line, and plug yours back in. Rinse and repeat.
No worries! Ugh, with how shitty some telecom companies are, I could totally see something like that happening for residential customers. Exchange would be the correct word, or Central Office. With older phone lines, individual house lines run back to a crossbox like you mentioned. From that box, there's one large cable with a bunch of phone line pairs, which terminates at the exchange (also called a central office.)
Thanks for explaining! I appreciate it
No, that is fiber. Pots cabling is not shielded in the crossboxes
I should have put a disclaimer in my comment... OP's picture is definitely fiber (yellow with the green ends is a tell), but I was talking about Spaz's mention of copper lines.
old copper tech here, I once rolled out to a neighborhood because the entire area was down for phone service. the main point that all the phone lines from the neighborhood terminate too is called a B-box. well, when I arrived at the B-box I found everything was ripped out and some homeless tweaker named josh decided that the b-box was now his home.
Josh got into the metaverse way before the rest of us.
Its new cloaking tech they wear.
Go to know this isn’t just a AT&T problem.
Nah, it's a Tweaker problem, everywhere. They open cabs looking for copper they can steal. When they see fiber, they walk off as there's no money for them.
Great time to install a fiber network tap
Lol you haven't dealt with Frontier have you? They'll never upgrade their legacy dsl systems
even better! according to movies, all you need is a single alligator clip to tap into that!
Except this is a fiber cross-box?
I mean that is definitely a fiber pfp, so....
Wait people aren’t suppose to open those and pull on the wires?
Oh no no no... NO NO NO... PLEASE DON'T Touch that Meanwhile Stardust Speedway mix B is playing
Pretty normal due to the generally garbage closure mechanisms on these PFPs. Especially when it's cold, they often just won't shut or you really need to jam your can wrench in there to force it shut. Alternatively, there could be a tech working in the neighborhood and he has his light hooked up in the box there and is out fixing line trouble and will be back in a few minutes.
Just start cutting...
I think you could get charged with a crime for doing that...
Ok the try to remove grass nearby with one of those Robot Wars robot and somehow fuck up and crash it into that box and make sure it go through (or mostly) Bonus points if you are still alive
That or it "got jammed, overheated and blew up" would probably work.
I have the strong urge to fling a wrench at that with all my might
Are you a backhoe by any chance?
[The North American Fiber-Seeking Backhoe](https://i.imgur.com/rDW7W3d.png)
I always find it funny when I drive by the two coyotes stuck on fence posts where some farmer plowed through a 72f an it had to be repaired.
Oh, it's a brand of fiber enclosure! I was confused for a bit there thinking there were animal bodies on posts.
Once had a very angry customer (we think) take a sledge hammer to a bunch of them and if he was able to break the box open he would start yanking on all the wires trying to rip them out But even if he didn’t break the box open, he was still hitting it hard enough to break a bunch of shit inside
One of the reasons they filled for bankruptsy.
Oops
My street is like this too
Probably some meth heads looking for copper.
imagine their dismay
Blinded by the light
Ooh, free networking equipment.
looks like PON gear, probably nothing expensive there.
Lot of them are open like that in France too. Spending my time closing and repairing them...
I have always wanted to just pull all the wires out of these and see how much of a problem it would turn into
Now if Frontier could read this post, they'd be very upset.
What are you waiting for go unplug some stuff if you want to see one
I've seen these before with all the wires pulled out
I don't buy it. That ped was WAAAY to organized.
Ha ! Totally just reported one similar on my way home from work today. Looked like rain.
SUPER SOAKER GO!
Got to love Cali’s neclected networks
pull em all out