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For sure, if copper works, it’s more practical and slightly cheaper for most situations :)

Regarding the connectors, check out https://www.fs.com/de-en/products/35165.html for details. In particular, they come with a pre-installed and polished fiber, that then only needs to be matched to your fiber using an already-installed matching gel.

It seems like a pretty well thought-out system to me thus far.

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FS is one of my favorite websites for design, service, and quality of product. I prefer a cheap fusion splicer ($1500) as I find they work as well as a Sumimoto ($15k), but for one off home projects a mechanical splice with a FS pigtail works great. A 10km SFP ran in home (what, 1km tops?) can handle a fair amount of db loss.

Exactly! For my 10 meter run, it’s easy to make things work, even when they look like they shouldn’t: https://twitter.com/zekjur/status/1286570347337330689/photo/...

Haha that picture both hurts and seems normal. I've buried a splice in a Frozen themed tupperware that's still going 4 years later. Take that $120 underground splice closures.

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