Key Biscayne Master Plan 043944000.18w_Key_Biscayne_MP(forJooMag) | Page 48
VILLAGE OF KEY BISCAYNE UNDERGROUNDING OF UTILITIES — MASTER PLAN
Existing AT&T and Comcast pedestals in Key Biscayne
Conduit will be provided for service cable between the pedestal
and the facility to be served.
Conduit and pullboxes are to be NEC compliant for
communications service and conduit shall be gray in color.
Equipment and cabling will be provided and installed by AT&T.
Conduit and pullboxes will be furnished and installed by the
Village’s contractor.
Initially, AT&T plans to design a like-for-like coaxial based network
conversion. This being the case, they plan on reusing all of their existing
ground level Service Area Interface (SAI) cabinets that are found throughout
the Village. In the future, AT&T has reported that they are budgeting to
install a fiber optic system overlay. To implement this upgraded system,
AT&T will require new Fiber Distribution Cabinets (PFP) and easements
throughout the Village.
In a recent meeting, AT&T indicated they are open to the opportunity the
underground project provides to install a Fiber to the Premises (FTTP)
network. At the time of this master plan AT&T was not under contract by
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the Village to prepare detailed design plans, therefore AT&T representatives
could only speak in generalities about the infrastructure necessary for
a “like for like” conversion or a FTTP conversion. In most cases, PFP
cabinets will be located near existing SAI cabinets or near an existing
controlled environment vault (CEV). It should be noted that many service
pedestals, below-grade vaults, and handholes will be required for the
overhead to underground conversion, but this equipment is not considered
significant. Locations for all equipment elements will be determined during
the detailed design for each phase.
AT&T noted the copper system pedestals are different than the fiber
system pedestals. Easements should provide space for both copper and
fiber pedestals since the fiber pedestal will need to be installed and made
operational prior to the removal of the copper pedestal during the future
fiber overlay program.
Although the Village has expressed a desire to upgrade to FTTP, and this
may be the more cost-effective approach to an AT&T conversion, this
upgrade does not come without its challenges. AT&T sells Legacy services
to residents and businesses that presently have no equivalent for with a