What are these on telephone poles?

[GeoFenceFound]

No idea if this should be posted here but I have only seen these in Oklahoma so far so thought I would start here.
I live in OKC and have noticed these are becoming more and more popular in the outlying areas i.e Moore, Norman, Edmond, Yukon.
Are these part of the 5G program or some type of wifi or what? I cant get close enough to one to see if anything is written on them. They are on about every other telephone/power pole on main roads in this area and more and more are showing up every day.

 

[mmckenna]

It's just a fiber optic splice enclosure. No electronics, just glass to glass splice.

As more phone companies retire aging copper plants, they are replacing them with fiber.

 

[GeoFenceFound]

It's just a fiber optic splice enclosure. No electronics, just glass to glass splice.

As more phone companies retire aging copper plants, they are replacing them with fiber.

Figures. How boring. Hoping this was some mind control device at the very least

 

[mmckenna]

Figures. How boring. Hoping this was some mind control device at the very least

They do a much better job of hiding those.

 

[kg6nlw]

They do a much better job of hiding those.

Are you sure about that one @mmckenna? Or am I just that smart? LOL

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[a417]

Are you sure about that one @mmckenna? Or am I just that smart? LOL

Regards,

-Frank C.

yours will now be activated at sundown.

 

[kg6nlw]

yours will now be activated at sundown.

I thought mine had been activated for years now! Oh well LMAO!

Regards,

-Frank C.

 

[HavenBTS]

I had a very, very sophisticated mind control device many decades ago. It was called, a wife!

 

[Bustergrn]

Yes, splice enclosure with slack storage. It's likely a smaller electric co-op that serves rural residential customers. OGE and ATT do not allow this type of enclosure attachment on leased pole space. They only allow strand-mount enclosures with snowshoe slack storage or, of course, riser down and underground. Where is this specific one?

 

[Cameron314]

That is a Commscope 450 case and maybe an Ampro mount.

 

[GeoFenceFound]

Yes, splice enclosure with slack storage. It's likely a smaller electric co-op that serves rural residential customers. OGE and ATT do not allow this type of enclosure attachment on leased pole space. They only allow strand-mount enclosures with snowshoe slack storage or, of course, riser down and underground. Where is this specific one?

yeah OEC, Pioneer and ATT service this area mostly all with fiber. This pic was taken on SW 149th st and Penn or near abouts I forget the exact cross street but it was on sw 149

 

[Bustergrn]

Yep, OEC Fiber. Electric Cooperatives are the only one's generally that use pole-mounted slack/splice enclosures as they own the poles and don't have to worry about lease-by-the-inch attachment costs. I don't believe OEC is a player in front/back haul for wireless 4G or 5G. This likely only carries OEC's core, distribution and maybe back-hauls the automatic meter reader data.

 

[GeoFenceFound]

Yep, OEC Fiber. Electric Cooperatives are the only one's generally that use pole-mounted slack/splice enclosures as they own the poles and don't have to worry about lease-by-the-inch attachment costs. I don't believe OEC is a player in front/back haul for wireless 4G or 5G. This likely only carries OEC's core, distribution and maybe back-hauls the automatic meter reader data.

I currently have Pioneer but might be changing to OEC. Everyone is saying they are getting way better speeds. Im paying for 1g and getting about 250 down at most on a good day. Most wont get the full 1g but should be around ~850 down.