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In areas where TELUS Communications Company provisions with buried
cable, TELUS Communications Company is responsible for providing and
installing the network wiring to the property, and the owner/developer
is responsible for a suitable trench and/or conduit as stipulated by
TELUS Communications Company from the property line to the building
service provider demarcation location.
Note:
A suitable trench shall be a minimum of 450mm deep (600mm preferred,
900mm for area subject to vehicular traffic or 600mm with mechanical
protection) and a width capable of accommodating the wire or cable placement. If conduit is required, the size and type will be stipulated by TELUS Communications
Company and shall be placed a minimum of 450mm deep. The trench
and/or conduit shall be provided between the building and property
line as specified by TELUS Communications Company (See C.E.C Sec.
60-600).
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In areas provisioned by aerial cable, TELUS Communications Company will
provide buried service, if requested, upon the owner/developer
providing a suitable trench and/or conduit as required. TELUS
Communications Company reserves the right to levy any additional charges
deemed necessary for the provision of this service.
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Where communication and power service conductors are to be buried in
a common trench, the conductors shall be separated by 300mm of well
tamped earth or sand, or 75mm of concrete, or placed in conduit -
(Orange PVC DBII). The exception to the rule is when concentric
neutral power cables are used, where random separation is acceptable.
TELUS Communications Company shall be notified a minimum of 48 hours
before backfilling
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TELUS Communications Company shall provide network service wire or
cable for direct buried services to an outside location
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Network service conduit shall extend down the outside wall into the
excavation a minimum of 300mm below final grade and extend up the outside wall to a point 1.3m above finished grade. Conduits shall
not be bent along the bottom of the trench. (Refer to Fig. 1).
Network service conduit shall terminate in a "T"-Bend (T.B.) access fittings as indicated in Figure 1,
"L"-Bend (L.B.) or in an approved enclosure.
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The telephone service pathway should be as close as possible to the
power service facilities up to the TELUS protector location. A
25mm conduit is to be provided by the owner/developer from the
protected terminal to the demarcation point (inside house) complete
with a No. 6 green insulated ground wire connected to the power
service ground. See Section 3
Grounding Requirements.
Figure 1.
Service Entrance For Buried Service
Notes:
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A No. 6 green insulated ground wire to be
placed from power ground by owner/developer to TELUS NIB. Two
separate 4-pair CAT5e set runs should be placed between this common
location and the NIB located outside the home. The inside
wiring should be done in a "star configuration" where the individual
set runs from each telephone jack and TV location collect at a
common location.
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The inside wiring should be done in a
"star configuration" where the individual set runs from each
telephone jack and TV location collect at a common location within
the home. Two CAT5e set runs are to be placed between the star
configuration location and the NIB on the outside of the home.
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A 3 m length of 'working slack'
TELUS entrance wire must extend from the end of the 25 mm
conduit and a 1 m length of 'working slack' for the No. 6 green
insulated ground wire and 4-pair CAT5e inside wire if not placed by
TELUS. DO NOT CUT TELUS ENTRANCE DROP WIRE.
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This space is required for the TELUS
supplied Network Interface Box (NIB).
Date Controlled Material
Use Current Version ONLY at Web Site:
http://www.telus.com/bics
Revision Date 2008-09-15
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