Alabama Power Yana Gina Ƙaƙƙarfan hanyar sadarwa ta Fiber Optic don Inganta Aminci da Tallafawa Ƙungiyoyin Ƙauye

Da karfe 7 na safe a ranar sanyi, rana a lokacin sanyi a karkarar Koniko County, kuma ma'aikatan sun riga sun yi aiki tukuru.
Matsalolin ruwan rawaya mai haske na Vermeer sun haskaka da safiyar rana, suna ci gaba da yanke jan yumbu tare da layin wutar Alabama a wajen Evergreen. Bututun polyethylene mai kauri mai kauri 1¼ inci huɗu, waɗanda aka yi da ƙaƙƙarfan shuɗi, baƙar fata, kore, da ruwan zafi na polyethylene thermoplastic, da tulun tef ɗin gargaɗin orange an shimfiɗa su da kyau yayin da suke tafiya a ƙasa mai laushi. Bututu suna gudana a hankali daga manyan ganguna huɗu - ɗaya don kowane launi. Kowane spool na iya ɗaukar ƙafafu 5,000 ko kusan mil mil na bututun mai.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, mai haƙan ya bi magudanar, yana rufe bututun da ƙasa kuma yana motsa guga baya da baya. Ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ma'aikatan wutar lantarki na Alabama, suna kula da tsarin, tabbatar da kula da inganci da aminci.
Bayan 'yan mintoci kaɗan, wata tawagar ta bi sahun wata babbar motar ɗaukar kaya ta musamman. Wani ma'aikacin jirgin ya ratsa wani rami mai cike da baya, yana yada tsaban ciyawa a hankali. Sai wata motar daukar kaya sanye da na’urar busa da ta fesa bambaro a cikin irin. Bambaro yana riƙe da tsaba har sai sun yi girma, yana maido da hanyar da ta dace zuwa yanayin da aka yi kafin ginin.
Kimanin mil 10 zuwa yamma, a bayan wurin ranch, wani ma'aikacin yana aiki a ƙarƙashin layin wutar lantarki iri ɗaya, amma tare da aiki daban. Anan bututun zai wuce ta wani tafkin gona mai girman eka 30 mai zurfin ƙafa 40. Wannan yana da zurfin ƙafa 35 zurfi fiye da ramin da aka haƙa kuma ya cika kusa da Evergreen.
A wannan lokacin, ƙungiyar ta tura wani na'ura mai ba da hanya tsakanin hanyoyin sadarwa wanda yayi kama da wani abu daga fim ɗin steampunk. Rikicin yana da shiryayye wanda akwai wani ƙarfe mai nauyi "chuck" wanda ke riƙe da ɓangaren bututun rawar soja. Na'urar tana danna sandunan da ke jujjuyawa cikin ƙasa ɗaya bayan ɗaya, tare da ƙirƙirar rami mai ƙafa 1,200 wanda bututun zai gudana ta cikinsa. Da zarar an haƙa rami, za a cire sandar kuma a ja bututun a kan tafki don ya iya haɗawa da mil na bututun da aka rigaya a ƙarƙashin layukan wutar lantarki a bayan na'urar. a sararin sama.
Nisan mil biyar zuwa yamma, a gefen gonar masara, ma’aikatan na uku sun yi amfani da garma na musamman da aka makala a bayan bulodoza don shimfida ƙarin bututu tare da layin wutar lantarki iri ɗaya. Anan tsari ne mai sauri, tare da ƙasa mai laushi, mai noma da ƙasa mai daidaitacce wanda ke sauƙaƙa samun ci gaba. Garmar ta motsa da sauri, ta buɗe kunkuntar ramin tare da shimfiɗa bututu, kuma ma'aikatan da sauri suka cika kayan aiki masu nauyi.
Wannan wani bangare ne na babban aikin Alabama Power na shimfida fasahar fiber optic ta karkashin kasa tare da layin sadarwa na kamfanin - aikin da ke yin alƙawarin fa'idodi da yawa ba ga abokan cinikin kamfanin wutar lantarki ba, har ma ga al'ummomin da aka sanya fiber ɗin.
"Kashin bayan sadarwa ne ga kowa," in ji David Skoglund, wanda ke kula da wani aiki a kudancin Alabama wanda ya hada da shimfida igiyoyi a yammacin Evergreen ta Monroeville zuwa Jackson. A can, aikin ya juya kudu kuma a ƙarshe zai haɗu tare da Alabama Power's Barry shuka a Mobile County. Shirin yana farawa a cikin Satumba 2021 tare da jimlar tafiyar kusan mil 120.
Da zarar bututun ya kasance a wurin kuma an binne shi cikin aminci, ma'aikatan suna gudanar da kebul na fiber optic na gaske ta daya daga cikin bututun guda hudu. A fasaha, ana "busa kebul" ta cikin bututu tare da iska mai iska da ƙaramin parachute da aka haɗe a gaban layin. A cikin yanayi mai kyau, ma'aikatan jirgin na iya shimfiɗa kilomita 5 na USB.
Sauran hanyoyin ruwa guda uku za su kasance kyauta a yanzu, amma ana iya ƙara igiyoyi da sauri idan ana buƙatar ƙarin ƙarfin fiber. Shigar da tashoshi yanzu shine hanya mafi inganci kuma mafi tsada don shirya don gaba lokacin da kuke buƙatar musayar bayanai masu yawa cikin sauri.
Shugabannin jihohi na kara mayar da hankali wajen fadada hanyoyin sadarwa a fadin jihar, musamman a yankunan karkara. Gwamna Kay Ivey ya kira wani zama na musamman na majalisar dokokin Alabama a wannan makon inda ake sa ran 'yan majalisar za su yi amfani da wani kaso na kudaden bala'in bala'i na tarayya don fadada hanyoyin sadarwa.
Alama Power's fiber optic network zai amfana da kamfani da al'umma daga Alabama NewsCenter akan Vimeo.
Fadada na yanzu da maye gurbin cibiyar sadarwa ta fiber optic ta Alabama Power ta fara ne a cikin 1980s kuma tana inganta amincin cibiyar sadarwa da juriya ta hanyoyi da yawa. Wannan fasaha tana kawo fasahar sadarwa ta zamani zuwa hanyar sadarwar, ta ba da damar tashoshin sadarwa don sadarwa da juna. Wannan fasalin yana bawa kamfanoni damar kunna tsare-tsaren kariya na ci gaba wanda ke rage yawan abokan cinikin da ke fama da rashin aiki da tsawon lokacin fita. Waɗannan igiyoyin guda ɗaya suna ba da amintaccen kashin bayan sadarwa mai aminci da aminci ga wuraren wutar lantarki na Alabama kamar ofisoshi, cibiyoyin sarrafawa da tashoshin wutar lantarki a duk yankin sabis.
Babban ƙarfin fiber na bandwidth yana haɓaka tsaro na rukunin yanar gizo masu nisa ta amfani da fasahohi kamar bidiyo mai mahimmanci. Har ila yau, yana ba kamfanoni damar fadada shirye-shiryen kulawa don kayan aikin tashar da aka danganta da yanayin-wani ƙari don amincin tsarin da juriya.
Ta hanyar haɗin gwiwar, wannan ingantaccen kayan aikin fiber na iya zama babban kashin bayan sadarwa na sadarwa ga al'ummomi, samar da fiber bandwidth da ake buƙata don sauran ayyuka, kamar saurin Intanet mai sauri, a yankunan jihar da fiber ba ya samuwa.
A cikin yawan al'ummomi masu tasowa, Alabama Power yana aiki tare da masu samar da wutar lantarki na gida da ƙungiyoyin wutar lantarki na yankunan karkara don taimakawa wajen aiwatar da manyan hanyoyin sadarwa da sabis na Intanet waɗanda ke da mahimmanci ga ci gaban kasuwanci da tattalin arziki, ilimi, lafiyar jama'a da kiwon lafiya, da ingancin wutar lantarki. . rayuwa.
"Muna farin ciki game da damar da wannan hanyar sadarwa ta fiber za ta iya ba wa mazauna yankunan karkara da kuma karin mazauna birane," in ji George Stegal, Alabama Power Connectivity Group Manager.
A gaskiya ma, kimanin sa'a guda daga Interstate 65, a cikin garin Montgomery, wani ma'aikacin yana shimfiɗa fiber a matsayin wani ɓangare na madauki mai sauri da ake ginawa a kusa da babban birnin kasar. Kamar yadda yake tare da yawancin al'ummomin karkara, madauki na fiber optic zai samar da ayyukan wutar lantarki na Alabama tare da abubuwan more rayuwa don sadarwa mai sauri da ƙididdigar bayanai, da kuma yiwuwar haɗin yanar gizo na gaba a yankin.
A cikin al'ummar birni kamar Montgomery, shigar da fiber optics yana zuwa tare da wasu ƙalubale. Misali, fiber a wasu wurare dole ne a bi ta hanyar kunkuntar haƙƙoƙin hanya da manyan hanyoyin zirga-zirga. Akwai karin tituna da titin dogo don tsallakawa. Bugu da kari, dole ne a kula sosai wajen sanyawa kusa da sauran ababen more rayuwa na karkashin kasa, tun daga magudanar ruwa, layukan ruwa da iskar gas zuwa layukan wutar da ke karkashin kasa, layukan waya da na USB. A wani wuri kuma, filin yana haifar da ƙarin ƙalubale: a sassa na yammaci da gabashin Alabama, alal misali, kwazazzabai masu zurfi da tuddai masu tsayi suna nufin ramukan da aka haƙa har zuwa zurfin ƙafa 100.
Koyaya, abubuwan shigarwa a duk faɗin jihar suna ci gaba a hankali, suna mai da alƙawarin Alabama na ingantaccen hanyar sadarwar sadarwa mai sauri, mai juriya.
"Na yi farin cikin kasancewa wani ɓangare na wannan aikin da kuma taimakawa wajen samar da haɗin kai mai sauri ga waɗannan al'ummomin," in ji Skoglund yayin da yake kallon bututun ta cikin filayen masara mara kyau a yammacin Evergreen. Ana ƙididdige aikin a nan don kada ya tsoma baki tare da girbi na kaka ko dasa shuki.
"Wannan yana da mahimmanci ga waɗannan ƙananan garuruwa da mutanen da ke zaune a nan," Skoglund ya kara da cewa. "Wannan yana da mahimmanci ga kasar. Na yi farin cikin taka wata ‘yar rawa wajen ganin hakan ta faru.”