FiberNext Consulting Services
FiberNext offers several varieties of consulting services that benefit a wide range of users. These consulting services can be broken down into two groups including network installation design and product based R&D (such as might be found in a manufacturing environment). We currently offer consulting for installers and end users on the deployment of private network cabling systems including privately held or municipally owned FTTX installations. With our advanced GIS software mapping capabilities, FTTX deployment strategies can be developed virtually, with very detailed costing for each phase of the project from concept to delivery. Additionally, FiberNext provides research and development services on product design and consultation for fiber borne products. FiberNext works closely with military users, government subcontractors and commercial manufacturers on these unique fiber optic design challenges. Lastly, FiberNext provides economical remote consulting services and support from our facility for issues that can be forwarded to us for evaluation. See below for further information on these topics or feel free to call or email for futher inquries.
Remote Consulting FiberNext provides a wealth of remote consulting services such as 3rd party test result analysis, reporting, contractor audits, RFQ/bid spec development and much more. FiberNext has, to date, reviewed thousands of OTDR test results from contractors and end users alike to confirm findings, generate archive reports or troubleshoot erroneous readings. We have the ability to open virtually any test result from most makes and models of fiber optic test equipment including Corning, Wavetek, Exfo, Agilent, Noyes, Nettest and others. Our client list includes Dean Electric (Madison Square Garden), New York DOT, D&E Electric, NY Power Authority among others.	On-Site Consulting FiberNext can deliver jobsite consulting in the area of network troubleshooting, network upgrades and pre-installation design. We have helped many contractors and end users efficiently dissect difficult issues that would otherwise take days or weeks to resolve. Considering an upgrade to gigabit ethernext over existing plant fiber cable? Trying to implement a future proof design? We can help. FiberNext has provided consulting for contractors and end users in the paper & pulp industry, hospitals, testing laboratories, convention centers, avionics and R&D. Our clients have included The Jackson Laboratory, Five Star Electric, NYC Transit, Broadway Electric and many more. Call or email for futher information.
R&D and Production Consulting FiberNext has provided pre-production design support into a variety of robotics and mechanical devices that incorporate fiber optics. These projects typically require in-depth product research and compatibility studies to ensure inter-operability. We also have a strong network of technical contacts within the industry that can be drawn upon to aid in materials research. Examples of our clients include Vertek, Tyco Safety Products, Stonewall Cable, NetSource Inc.	Military Program Consulting FiberNext has played an instrumental role in several programs under development for the Navy and Air Force as well as provided consulting support to a myriad of subcontractors developing military technologies. The primary areas of study have been shipboard fiber optics, minesweeping technology, avionics/reconnaissance and robotics. Our clients have included Applied Research, Vertek, BAE Systems, General Dynamics and MIT Lincoln Laboratory.
GIS/GPS Design Consulting FiberNext provides consulting survey services on telecommunications systems for Municipalities, Telecommunications Carriers, Independent Contractors, and virtually any company that owns or operates a wide area network. Our unique partnership with DeLorme and the use of their GIS and GPS systems provides functionality within our XMap software making an ideal solution for field applications and mobile data collection. FiberNext can utilize its GIS Editing software to create spatial inventories of utility infrastructure, related make-ready issues and required hardware across any geographic area. FiberNext field technicians are able to quickly go to work creating the pole database using data collection and processing capability through the use of our integrated GPS navigation functionality. With our GPS receivers attached to an in-vehicle laptop computer, our team can visit each site, create a “point object” on a real time map, and enter any relevant information into custom definable data fields. Within a matter of days, thousands of pole points, manholes, duct banks and more can be mapped and an extensive database of their attributes can be collected and processed. These data output tables can be used to generate a tremendous amount of user definable information including such interests as length of cable span, required pole line hardware lists, time required to drive a route, square footages of regional areas and even geographic attributes including ledges, swamps, altitude, and grade that may effect the deployment of infrastructure cabling.	GIS/GPS Design Consulting (Continued) Once the data is GPS logged, the saved data files can be viewed in a variety of ways including topographical overlay, satellite imagery overlay, street level details, points of interest, enabled map notes and much more. Each set of acquired data points is managed as an independent layer and can be turned on or off for different viewing applications. Once our field team documents the locations of specific points (such as utility poles, manholes, etc.) we are then able to log in characteristic data about each event including type of pole line hardware required for cable attachments (including dead ends, straight clamps, curved clamps, weather heads, etc.). In addition to required mounting hardware, our technicians can assess and log any logical make-ready needs that each point may have such as pole guying, pole replacement, moving street lights, lower/raise other services, etc. These vast stores of data can easily be queried in the field or later on a PC to extract detailed information. By simply clicking either the physical point on the map, or by clicking on the entry in the data table, our software technicians can expand all information related to that pole. Once the data is fully exported, you can manipulate these reports in Excel to filter targeted results faster and easier. Lastly, as an added benefit, our acquired data set can easily be viewed on over an internet portal by our customers without requiring any special software. FiberNext can post the map, POI layers, log attributes and data tables up to a user website where they can print, export and manipulate the data through table queries.