Touchless Fiber Network

A communications system, comprising:

• an apical conduit system, comprising:
• one or more first lines disposed in one or more first channels in a first ground surface, the one or more first lines comprising a plurality of first optical fiber lines, the plurality of first optical fiber lines being associated with at least one of a first service provider or a first service;
• one or more second lines disposed in one or more second channels in a second ground surface, the one or more second lines comprising a plurality of second optical fiber lines, each of one or more second optical fiber lines of the plurality of second optical fiber lines serving each of one or more customer premises of a plurality of customer premises, wherein each of the one or more second lines comprises eight main optical fiber lines and four spare optical fiber lines;
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• a filler material disposed around at least one of the one or more first lines in at least a portion of the one or more first channels or around at least one of the one or more second lines in at least a portion of the one or more second channels;
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• a fiber distribution hub (“FDH”), comprising:
• a container disposed in a third ground surface, a top portion of the container being one of substantially level with a top portion of the third ground surface or below the top portion of the third ground surface, wherein the one or more first lines communicatively couple at least one of a central office or a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (“DSLAM”) of a telecommunications service provider with the FDH, wherein the one or more second lines communicatively couple the FDH with a network access point (“NAP”);
• a first cable distribution device disposed within the FDH and configured to communicatively couple each of at least one first optical fiber line of the plurality of first optical fiber lines with each of the one or more second optical fiber lines of the plurality of second optical fiber lines;
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• a second cable distribution device disposed within the FDH and configured to communicatively couple each of at least one third optical fiber line of a plurality of third optical fiber lines with each of at least one second optical fiber lines of the plurality of second optical fiber lines, by communicatively coupling each of the at least one third optical fiber line with each of one or more of the four spare optical fiber lines, the plurality of third optical fiber lines being associated with at least one of a second service provider or a second service.

A method for implementing point-to-point fiber insertion within a passive optical network (“PON”) communications system, the PON communications system comprising an apical conduit system which comprises:

• one or more first lines disposed in one or more first channels in a first ground surface, the one or more first lines comprising a plurality of first optical fiber lines, the plurality of first optical fiber lines being associated with at least one of a first service provider or a first service;
• one or more second lines disposed in one or more second channels in a second ground surface, the one or more second lines comprising a plurality of second optical fiber lines, each of one or more second optical fiber lines of the plurality of second optical fiber lines serving each of one or more customer premises of a plurality of customer premises, wherein each of the one or more second lines comprises eight main optical fiber lines and four spare optical fiber lines;
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• a filler material disposed around at least one of the one or more first lines in at least a portion of the one or more first channels or around at least one of the one or more second lines in at least a portion of the one or more second channels;
• the method comprising:
• receiving, from a subscriber associated with a customer premises among the plurality of customer premises that are connected via the apical conduit system to the PON communication system, a request to receive through the PON communication system a second service separate from the first service, the second service being associated with one of the first service provider or a second service provider;
• communicatively coupling a second optical fiber line of the one or more second optical fiber lines with a third optical fiber line of a plurality of third optical fiber lines associated with the second service, by communicatively coupling each of the at least one third optical fiber line with each of one or more of the four spare optical fiber lines, the second optical fiber line serving the customer premises associated with the subscriber.