Outer space or city infrastructure?
October 6, 2017 1:28 PM Subscribe
Can anybody make heads or tails of this thing? It just appeared outside my house in the last day or two with no explanation. Verizon has been doing some work on our street, and there was electrical stuff in the neighborhood a week or two ago, but....
It's vertical, and has some cables that disappear down into the pavement through a covered hole: see this snip. Would sure love to know what it might be, four feet from my front door!
Response by poster: Sure, here. Just a clip from a phone pic I took this morning...
posted by acm at 1:42 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by acm at 1:42 PM on October 6, 2017
Photobucket says you need to upgrade your account and won't show me the image.
posted by fedward at 1:44 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by fedward at 1:44 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Response by poster: Also, I see that both of the links above went to the same pic, so here's the one with the cables.
posted by acm at 1:45 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by acm at 1:45 PM on October 6, 2017
Response by poster: Jeez, the Internets are against me today. Try this version. If this doesn't work, I'm going to have to excavate my Yahoo password (!) so I can put it on Flickr, which was my intent!
posted by acm at 1:46 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by acm at 1:46 PM on October 6, 2017
There's 8 capped sockets with lanyards. I'm gonna guess fiber optic service points.
posted by humboldt32 at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by humboldt32 at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [3 favorites]
I can view all the images on photobucket, including the earliest tries, with no problem. Unfortunately I can't help but wanted you to know the images were viewable by some.
posted by alwayson_slightlyoff at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by alwayson_slightlyoff at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [1 favorite]
Nope not working for me.
posted by Room 641-A at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by Room 641-A at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017
Best answer: Commscope Fiberoptic Multiport Terminal
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:51 PM on October 6, 2017 [4 favorites]
Response by poster: holy cow, 20 minutes despite technical difficulties! awesome, thanks, KC! I guess my front wall is serving the whole neighborhood -- now if only the FIOS went into our houses rather than ending like little hose mouths in front of each brick facade... heh.
posted by acm at 1:54 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by acm at 1:54 PM on October 6, 2017
Yeah, they apparently have a range of stuff for multidwelling buildings.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:56 PM on October 6, 2017
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:56 PM on October 6, 2017
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posted by Kid Charlemagne at 1:34 PM on October 6, 2017