Plug-and-play FTTH.
Built for the last mile.

The Aerial FDH comes in 144- or 288-output versions with 10 splitter slots plus 2 parking slots for unused splitters. It supports 1x16, 1x32, or 1x64 splitters and ships pre-stubbed with 100 feet of feeder and distribution fiber — in intermittently bonded ribbon, loose buffer tube, or micro cable.

Ryan Chappell, Vice President of Connectivity for STL North America, explains that a large tier-2 operator wanted to eliminate or greatly reduce fusion splicing in its network. Fusion splicers are hard to come by, so STL built a solution that removes that dependency.

CONCAT combines a closure with pre-terminated base-16 cables — a 16-fiber MPO in and 16 LCs out — in set lengths. With about 20 part numbers you can build an entire network with no fusion splicing.

At each node you plug in the MPO, unplug one LC position, and route a pigtail to the access side into the splitter input — a 1x4, 1x8, or other split. Drop cables can be spliced, or you can use pre-terminated SC/APC drops.

Yes. If you don’t want pre-terminated cables, the MPO-to-LC cassette comes out and a splice tray goes in — splicing up to 48 fibers in the box. The output cable continues to the next node, daisy-chaining up to 16 nodes in a row.

Each closure supports up to two branching cables. At an intersection — or when adding nodes later — you add a branching cable, unplug the next few LCs, plug them into the new output cable, and the network heads in a new direction.

STL’s newest release puts hardened drops on the output ports. It can be set up for splicing (up to 48 fibers, dropping one fiber to the drop splitter — for example a 1x8 giving eight hardened drops) or with the MPO-to-LC cassette. Combine pre-terminated MPO-to-LC with pre-terminated drops and the whole network needs no splicing.

Yes. The lid is replaceable and connects via a connector, so you can unplug it and swap it — for example, start with a 1x4 lid on day one and upgrade to a 1x8 lid as new homes come online.

OptoPull is popular for home penetrations — for example through concrete block with brick veneer — where a full-size SC/APC connector would require a large hole. It uses a factory-terminated, factory-polished SC/APC ferrule encapsulated in a protective metal housing.

The metal cap has a pulling eye, so you attach your pull thread and pull it straight through the duct with no wrapping or tying. The 3 mm cable is rated to 115 lb tensile. After pulling, remove the cap and pop on the SC/APC housing.

Besides the flexible 3 mm cordage, OptoPull comes on a stiffer 5 mm cable suited to pushing through conduit. It’s available with STL’s hardened connectors and regular SC/APCs, and on the new 3x5 flat drop cable for aerial self-support spans as well as home penetration.