Clearfield Delivers FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal to Facilitate Fiber Homes Connected
13 October 2023 - 12:00AM
Business Wire
Expansion of CraftSmart product line enables
operators to deploy fiber more economically to lower-density
suburban and rural communities and homes
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD), the leader in community
broadband fiber connectivity, today announced the CraftSmart®
FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal, a compact, secure, above-ground access
point ideal for operators looking to expand their fiber footprint
into less densely populated areas and communities. As NTIA BEAD
funding starts to flow, having economical Build America, Buy
America (BABA)-qualified products that can streamline the delivery
of fiber broadband services in rural communities will be a clear
competitive advantage and help operators expand fiber networks
further. Clearfield’s Labor Lite approach to product design ensures
that the CraftSmart FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal can be deployed by
any level of field technician in the outside plant environment.
“Over the next five years, fiber broadband will be deployed to
more homes than ever before, meaning operators will be expanding
their networks to the harder to reach places and homes – homes
where the economics of delivering fiber service did not work in the
past,” said Clearfield’s Chief Marketing Officer, Kevin Morgan.
“The compact form factor, the wide range of deployment scenarios
supported, and the optimized design to support craft-friendly fiber
deployments allows the CraftSmart FiberFirst Pedestal to expand the
operator’s toolkit as it looks to build out its fiber
footprint.”
Clearfield’s CraftSmart product line provides physical fiber
protection for delivering a turn-key passive solution from the
central office/headend to the customer premises. The CraftSmart
FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal delivers a small, cost-effective,
non-metallic enclosure – tested to meet industry standards for
strength, reliability, and environmental concerns. Designed and
tested to withstand harsh environmental conditions, as well as UV,
chemical and impact resistance, the FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal
includes a built-in multi-use metal frame optimized for mounting
the small footprint SeeChange® Terminal, in addition to
accommodating other small profile Clearfield products, such as the
Clearview® xPAK cassette, inside of the pedestal.
As a part of the CraftSmart family of pedestal offerings, the
6-inch Pedestal provides another option to ensure that Clearfield’s
customers can leverage products purpose built to streamline the
deployment of fiber broadband into any environment and situation,
without adding operational or capital expense for products that are
not sized for the opportunity. Clearfield’s craft friendly, Labor
Lite product designs are field-engineered to deliver what providers
need to solve pain points – and in this case, delivering to the
needs of lower density suburban and rural deployments.
Orders for the CraftSmart FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal can be
placed starting in November. The product will be on display at the
SCTE Cable-Tec Expo in Denver at Clearfield booth #1139. More
information on the CraftSmart FiberFirst 6-inch Pedestal can be
found here and at www.SeeClearfield.com.
About Clearfield, Inc.
Clearfield, Inc. (NASDAQ: CLFD) designs, manufactures, and
distributes fiber optic management, protection, and delivery
products for communications networks. Our “fiber to anywhere”
platform serves the unique requirements of leading incumbent local
exchange carriers (traditional carriers), competitive local
exchange carriers (alternative carriers), and MSO/cable TV
companies, while also catering to the broadband needs of the
utility/municipality, enterprise, data center and military markets.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN, Clearfield deploys more than a
million fiber ports each year. For more information, visit
www.SeeClearfield.com.
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