WATERLOO TECHNICAL SOCIETY
July 10th, 2024
Fiber Technologies and Optical Networking Equipment
Speaker: Charles Dostale
Charles is the Director of Communication Services at Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU).
Description: Mr. Dostale will address a number of topics:
Fiber:
Different fiber cables
Overhead / underground installation
Future Path conduit and fiber jetting
Fiber Splicing
Fiber Testing
Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer, OTDR
Optical Equipment:
Access (such as residential Internet)
Special considerations for Rural areas
Metro and Peer to Peer, P2P
Course Wavelength Division Multiplexing, CWDM
Long haul
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing, DWDM
CFU Use Cases
Reservations: reservations@waterlootechnicalsociety.org, by 11am Monday, July 8th
Social period: 5:30 P.M, June 10th, 2024, Dinner: 6:00 P.M.
Presentation: 7:00 P.M.
Program Chair: Steve Crouse
Guests are always welcome. We need your reservation to enable us to have a name tag for you as well as to send you a reminder in email.
You are welcome to make a reservation for dinner or just come for the program. A program-only reservation is appreciated for a head count.
Where:
Family Restaurant
2627 Center Street, Cedar Falls
Meal Price:
$22.00 includes meeting room, tax and gratuity.
Dinner includes:
dinner roll,
water, soda pop, coffee or tea,
Salad with French or Ranch Dressing,
Baked Cod
Baked Potato
Corn
Cheesecake