Plug and play fiber distribution hub

1. A method comprising:

determining a demand for fiber services in an area;

installing a fiber distribution hub including a first distribution panel mount and a second distribution panel mount, the first distribution panel mount and the second distribution panel mount being included in the fiber distribution hub based on the determined demand for fiber services in the area;

attaching, based on the determined demand for fiber services in the area, a first distribution panel to the first distribution panel mount, the first distribution panel including a plurality of distribution panel connecting ports, and the second distribution panel mount being devoid of an associated second distribution panel based on the determined demand for fiber services in the area;

connecting the first distribution panel to a plurality of subscriber buildings, in the area, through a first group of strands of a distribution cable, the distribution cable also including a second group of strands;

connecting the fiber distribution hub to a central office through a feeder cable; and

aggregating the second group of strands of the distribution cable using a first single connector while the second distribution panel mount is devoid of the second distribution panel, such that the aggregated second group of strands can be readily connected to a second single connector for an aggregated group of strands, from the second distribution panel, by using the first single connector upon installation of the second distribution panel in the second distribution panel mount.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether the demand for fiber services in the area has increased;

attaching the second distribution panel to the second distribution panel mount, based on determining that the demand for fiber services in the area has increased, where the aggregated second group of strands from the second distribution panel connect to multiple distribution panel connecting ports on the second distribution panel; and

joining the aggregated second group of strands, from the second distribution panel, to the second group of strands, of the distribution cable, to connect the second distribution panel to another plurality of subscriber buildings through the aggregated second group of strands using the first single connector and the second single connector.

3. The method according to claim 1 , where the first single connector is a mechanical transfer (MT) connector and the second single connector is an MT connector.

4. The method according to claim 3 , where the first single connector and the second single connector are angled.

5. A method comprising:

determining a projected number of subscriber buildings;

installing a fiber distribution hub including a plurality of distribution panel mounts, the plurality of panel mounts being based on the determined projected number of subscriber buildings;

mounting a distribution panel in a distribution panel mount, of the plurality of distribution panel mounts, based on a number of subscriber buildings, of the projected number of subscriber buildings, the distribution panel comprising a backplane including a plurality of distribution panel connecting ports;

aggregating a plurality of fibers connected to the plurality of distribution panel connecting ports using a first mechanical transfer (MT) connector;

aggregating a plurality of distribution cable fibers with a second MT connector, where the plurality of distribution cable fibers are part of a distribution cable serving a plurality of subscriber buildings;

connecting the distribution panel to the aggregated plurality of distribution cable fibers by using a MT bulkhead alignment sleeve to join the first MT connector and the second MT connector;

determining whether the number of subscriber buildings has increased; and

mounting a second distribution panel in a second, different distribution panel mount, of the plurality of distribution panel mounts, based on determining that the number of subscriber buildings has increased.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising connecting a patch cable to at least one of the plurality of distribution ports on the distribution panel, thereby establishing an optical connection between a feeder cable and the distribution cable.

7. The method of according to claim 3 , where the first single connector and the second single connector are joined with an MT bulkhead alignment sleeve.

8. The method of according to claim 5 , where the projected number of subscriber buildings corresponds to a projected number of subscriber buildings in a housing development, and where the number of subscriber buildings corresponds to a number of existing subscriber buildings in the housing development.

9. The method of according to claim 8 , where the second distribution panel is mounted based on determining that the number of existing subscriber buildings has increased a first time,

the method further comprising:

determining whether the number of existing subscriber buildings has increased a second time;

mounting a third distribution panel in a third, different distribution panel mount, of the plurality of distribution panel mounts, based on determining that the number of existing subscriber buildings has increased the second time.

10. The method of claim 1 , where the demand for fiber services in the area is based on a projected number of subscribers in a housing development, and where the fiber distribution hub is installed with a plurality of distribution panel mounts based on the projected number of subscribers in the housing development.

11. The method of claim 10 , where the first distribution panel is attached to the first distribution panel mount based on a number of existing subscribers in a housing development.

12. The method of claim 11 , where the second distribution panel is attached to the second distribution panel mount based on an increase of the number of existing subscribers in the housing development.