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Conduit Minute Blog

Imagine you are planning to build a new high-capacity duct route through a busy city centre. You know construction and permits will be expensive, so you choose to install MicroDucts and FuturePath via a trenchless technology like MicroTrenching to give you maximum fibre capacity as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. You’ll be in and out in a few days! EXPLAINER SERIES: How modular plastic chambers can protect your critical underground assets, hassle-free. October 21, 2025

EXPLAINER SERIES: How modular plastic chambers can protect your critical underground assets, hassle-free.

Imagine you are planning to build a new high-capacity duct route through a busy city centre. You know construction and permits will be expensive, so you choose to install MicroDucts and FuturePath via a trenchless technology like MicroTrenching to give you maximum fibre capacity as quickly and cost-effectively as possible. You’ll be in and out in a few days!
When you think of air-assisted fibre cable installation, more commonly known as “jetting”, you’ll probably picture a jetting machine, a reel of cable, and a conduit into which the cable is installed.
June 05, 2025

EXPLAINER SERIES: Choosing the right air compressor for your fibre installation

When you think of air-assisted fibre cable installation, more commonly known as “jetting”, you’ll probably picture a jetting machine, a reel of cable, and a conduit into which the cable is installed.
In the past decade, the data transmission potential of optical fiber cables has vastly increased, as manufacturers have developed cables that pack in more individual fiber strands to the same size or even smaller cables. Because of this new density and increased capacity, industry leaders and policymakers are looking at how this technology can be used for more than just providing internet service to businesses and consumers.
September 26, 2024

Fiber Optic Sensing: 3 Things Your Roadside Fiber Network Could Be Doing For You

In the past decade, the data transmission potential of optical fiber cables has vastly increased, as manufacturers have developed cables that pack in more individual fiber strands to the same size or even smaller cables. Because of this new density and increased capacity, industry leaders and policymakers are looking at how this technology can be used for more than just providing internet service to businesses and consumers.
At Connected Britain last week, our Global Marketing Manager, Matthew Guinan, outlined the state of sustainability in telecommunications, and offered key strategies that organisations across the industry can adopt to reduce our carbon footprint without sacrificing much-needed connectivity. Here are some highlights from his presentation.
September 16, 2024

Expand Your Network, Not Your Footprint: A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainability in Fibre Networks

At Connected Britain last week, our Global Marketing Manager, Matthew Guinan, outlined the state of sustainability in telecommunications, and offered key strategies that organisations across the industry can adopt to reduce our carbon footprint without sacrificing much-needed connectivity. Here are some highlights from his presentation.
Dura-Line’s customer KPN, a leading network operator in The Netherlands, was impressed by the quality of MicroDucts and FuturePath® ECO following a successful field trial conducted by Allinq (turnkey contractor) and Netceed (systems integrator). KPN agreed that the MicroDucts and FuturePath® ECO range aligns with their sustainability goals, and the network is now live in The Netherlands.
September 03, 2024

Dura-Line Partners with KPN, Allinq and Netceed to Deliver a Sustainable Conduit Solution with Uncompromising Quality

Dura-Line’s customer KPN, a leading network operator in The Netherlands, was impressed by the quality of MicroDucts and FuturePath® ECO following a successful field trial conducted by Allinq (turnkey contractor) and Netceed (systems integrator). KPN agreed that the MicroDucts and FuturePath® ECO range aligns with their sustainability goals, and the network is now live in The Netherlands.
Digital connectivity increasingly pervades every aspect of our lives. The same is true of the buildings we live, work, play, or access care in, be that for everyday business operations, security, or simply subscriber broadband.
July 08, 2024

3 Advantages of MicroDucts Over Direct-Installed Cable

Digital connectivity increasingly pervades every aspect of our lives. The same is true of the buildings we live, work, play, or access care in, be that for everyday business operations, security, or simply subscriber broadband.
As we gear up for the latest edition of ANGA COM, Europe’s leading business platform for Broadband, Television, and Online, in Cologne (14-16 May 2024), all eyes will once again be on Europe’s leading economy and its lagging fibre coverage, relative to many of its neighbours and peers.
May 08, 2024

Germany: from “Homes Passed” to “Homes Activated”

As we gear up for the latest edition of ANGA COM, Europe’s leading business platform for Broadband, Television, and Online, in Cologne (14-16 May 2024), all eyes will once again be on Europe’s leading economy and its lagging fibre coverage, relative to many of its neighbours and peers.