The first level of the Fiber Done Right Academy library. Start here to learn what outside plant is and how fiber networks are built.
Lessons
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Lesson 1: What Is OSP?
What outside plant means: the cables, conduit, poles, and handholes that carry the internet between buildings.
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Lesson 2: Underground vs. Aerial
The two ways fiber gets built: buried underground or hung aerially on poles, and why each method is chosen.
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Lesson 3: What Is a Pathway?
The continuous protected route that fiber cable travels from end to end.
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Lesson 4: What Is a Conduit?
The protective pipe that carries fiber cable underground: its types and what good installation looks like.
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Lesson 5: What Is a Handhole?
The underground access box where conduit meets cable and workers reach the network.
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Lesson 6: What Is a Utility Pole?
The shared support that carries the aerial route: power above, communications below, read from the ground.
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Lesson 7: What Is Fiber Cable?
The protective structure built around fragile glass: fibers, tubes, strength members, and jacket.
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Lesson 8: What Is a Splice?
Where two fibers become one continuous path for light, protected inside a splice closure.
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Lesson 9: What Is a Terminal?
The sealed access point where distribution meets individual drops, one port per customer.
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Lesson 10: What Is a Drop?
The final individual connection from a terminal to one home or business.
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More Level 1 lessons are coming soon. Check back as the library grows.