Hmm Interesting. Is your company a data only or telcomm as well.
Where we break off into buildings (loop), pairs are also generally placed on blocks at the tops of poles. However, directional changes from one direction to another (one cable count to another) are spliced due to necessity as they can be 500 or 1000 pair cables. We also solder in CO's where applicable.
Glad to see we were not that far off after all. I couldn't imagine a lineman up a pole trying to use an electric or butane soldering gun. I'm sure the safety implications themselves would prevent it.
Thanks for the conversation. Sorry for the hijack.
