When you have aerial fiber splices, you need to leave quite a bit of slack so you can get the case into a splicing truck for fusion splicing (actually the same applies to manholes too). A long loop is usually left neatly tyrapped to the strand.

Of course I'm talking about large fiber cables and the tyraps - large, long, black UV resistant and our cost was about $5 EACH.

Sam


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