Urban Areas: 25–40m spacing (concrete poles, 10–12m height)., steel lattice structures). Factors: Cable weight (kg/km) Ice loading (up to 50mm thickness)The Fiber Optic Association, Inc. The charter of the FOA was to promote professionalism in fiber optics through education, certification, and. Deploying fiber above ground on poles or towers removes the need for underground digging and is particularly useful when the ground is uneven, rocky or both. Fiber in a duct solutions have a major aesthetic. Will Openreach engineer fit a new suspension hook for the fibre before it's run down the wall into the house? My current copper cable is flown in the other side of the house and I don't fancy a new fibre cable being clipped horizontally along the front of the house simply because the existing hook. Overhead fiber optic cable are designed to be suspended from utility poles or dedicated structures, leveraging existing aerial infrastructure to minimize construction costs. Unlike buried cable, they excel in rural or suburban areas where trenching is impractical. Key advantages include: Cost. The basic pole distance is 50m, which can be adjusted to 60m according to the terrain of mountainous areas.