Fiber Optic Video News and Perspective

I thought you might like to see pictures of Monday & Tuesday at SF City Hall when the media turned out to cover the first Same-Sex marriage licenses and ceremonies. Of course, we lag years behind you forward thinkers in Massachusetts…

San Francisco City Hall is fibered throughout, and multiple strands from every room (“inside access points” photo) go down to the basement, where they can be patched outside to the “Fiber Hydrant,” a weather-proof monument on the corner of the block where the Live Trucks park.

KPIX has their own CopperHead, and KGO uses two pairs of 5122s.
KUTV (Fox) and KNTV (NBC O&O) used CopperHeads.  This was a temporary solution. Soon, no hardware should be in the Fiber Hydrant, just MX connectors to connect to CopperHead Base Stations in the truck.

Thanks to Eric Olsson, who honchoed the gear in and out and provided training and support to the fiber-newbies.