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This document covers fiber optic cabling installed indoors (premises installations) with the addition of outside plant (OSP) applications involved in campus installations where the fiber optic cabling
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SECTION 5.6 GUIDELINES FOR FIBER OPTIC ROUTE
5.6.2.3 Fiber Optic installations aregoverned byunique rules andregulations. Itistheresponsibility ofthe Fiber Optic Company thatthese beadhered toduring planning, including preliminary investigations
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