Fiber optic cable per pound

I have about 200 pounds of fiber optic cable. The price I'm getting quoted is 70-80 cents per pound. Sell or hold?

I would sell. Thats a pretty good price...around me anyway

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

No copper in fiber optic that I know of. I'd unload in a hurry

100% agree. Sell,sell,sell. In the field I work in I have passed on miles and miles of it cause I don't have a buyer. There's nothing worth money in it.

I didn't know u could sell it. I can get a lot but I don't want it. Don't know what to do with it. My local windstream office where I get my wire and modems from throws away hundreds of pounds a week. If I could find a buyer for it, ill catch it before the dumpster gets it.

Where do I sell?

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

No copper in fiber optic that I know of. I'd unload in a hurry

You sure about that? I thought the copper/insulation ratio was really high in cat 5/6 cable. I get $1.15 /lb where I live

Originally Posted by Jeremiah

You sure about that? I thought the copper/insulation ratio was really high in cat 5/6 cable. I get $1.15 /lb where I live

cat cable has copper, fiber optic does not

Your buyer must have thought cat5 cable.

In the last few months my business has added ewaste. Moslty servers and ups backups. I also have tons of fiber cable. Its used to connect these server racks. The cards are worth $$.

BTW love the forum. Look for me soon as Ill be paying to be on the buyers/sellers list. Im a buyer of batteries in MA

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Perfect timing for this topic. I have a bunch of fiber patch cables, new in bags, with various connectors and I've been trying to figure out the best way to monetize them. I threw one lot with the same type of connectors up on an ebay auction and they sold quickly, another auction did not.

As for what to do with bulk scrap fiber, I wonder if it would be worth picking up a fiber termination kit and creating your own patch cables, then selling them. Fiber is wicked easy to test, the most basic way is simply to hold a flash light to one end and look down the other, if you get a strong light you should be good to go.

The only metal I've seen the fiber cable I spliced at the phone company was the aluminum or steel armor under the plastic sheath. The yellow single mode or
orange multi mode jumpers where basically plastic, kevlar and glass as mentioned above. Sell if you got a buyer.

I'm just glad reading these threads. I'm definitely starting to get it, I don't know what it weight, did't waste anytime with two dumpsters full of fiber optical cable sent it out with plastic and paper.