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That time a Verizon tech showed me how wrong I was about fiber splicing

I used to think all fusion splicers were basically the same until a Verizon field tech in Phoenix showed me his $15,000 Fujikura and how clean it made the cleave. Now I refuse to use anything less on our enterprise installs after seeing the difference in loss numbers firsthand. Anyone else have a vendor change your whole approach to termination?
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holly_foster
Haha oh man, that reminds me of the time I watched a tech spend 20 minutes arguing with his own splicer about a bad cleave. He kept yelling "you're doing it wrong" at the machine like it was a person.
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charles_price
Yeah, a Fujikura will change your mind fast. Cleaves are everything.
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