At that price, it seems you could put up 2 miles of brand new poles and then charge somebody else make ready and pole attachment fees when they want to string cables.
You should keep an eye out to make sure they don’t give a much better price to some telco in the future, I think they are required to charge WISPs the same pole attachment fees as anybody else, or does that not cover make ready costs? I do suppose make ready costs depend on circumstances, but seriously, $50 per foot of road? Assuming one pole every 300 feet, that’s maybe 40 poles, so $15K per pole? Somebody wants you to pay for all new poles. Or more likely, they just don’t want to do it. From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck Hogg Sent: Thursday, January 3, 2019 9:59 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Why some places don't have broadband yet One time I built a the last bit for AT&T to avoid their build-out costs. We're currently building a section for Windstream to expedite the build and reduce costs. On Thu, Jan 3, 2019 at 10:48 AM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Go rent a cable plow. If it is good plowing you will only need it for a day or two. Cable plow rental = perhaps $2000 Cable and conduit & misc= $7500 You have 8 customers for $10K Say you get $50/customer, or $400 per month or $4800 per year... Who doesn't want 48% return on their money? -----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday, January 2, 2019 10:21 PM To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] Why some places don't have broadband yet I just got a quote for make-ready on a 2 mile stretch. $593,000 I guess those 8 households will remain unserved because eff that. -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- Regards, Chuck
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