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A Man of Few Words. And a Man of More.

Robert and Isaac are a study in contrasts, and similarities.  Robert, our Director Quality & Procurement, is a man of few words. Succinct might also be a good way to describe his calculated and…

You Get What You Pay For

Customers go to great lengths when designing and building a FTTH network (https://www.seeclearfield.com/newsroom/5-tips-for-designing-fttx-networks.html) . The time, labor and cost is significant.…

It’s Time to Ribbonize

Technological advancements have made building a fiber network faster and more efficient. One of those advancements is the reintroduction of ribbon fiber. Ribbonizing fiber, unlike most advancements…

Fiber-to-the-Apartment: A new reality

The A-Team

Clearfield has an engineering group that is affectionately dubbed “The A-Team.” Two of its leaders, Frank and Ernie, take their roles very seriously. Frank is a Continuation Engineer, with 17 years of…

You Want Fiber Where?

I’m an application engineer for Clearfield and just when I think I’ve seen the capacity of what fiber optics can do, I run into an application that knocks my socks off. The lowering costs of SFP’s and…