http://www.bbpmag.com/2011mags/marchapril11/BBP_MarApr_CostOfFiber.pdf
The numbers in the above report seem to work out fairly well based on
the construction estimates I have received.
Mark
On 2/10/15 11:38 AM, That One Guy wrote:
So what is the minimum number of houses within a particular geographic
area that would make it cost effective to do a fiber solution? rough
numbers. We have a particular housing set out in the country we have
battled to service forever, there are only about 10 houses, most of
which have tried to get our service. it consists primarily of a single
3/4 mile road buried deep in trees. Half of them arent able to even
get satellite reliably without cutting trees or butting up 50 foot
towers. We have LOS to one of the residences at the end of the little
subdivision, we have considered various wireless options but the trees
and locations of the houses would limit it to a 900mhz solution, for
ten customers and a micropop contract the risks of 900mhz problems
were never really justifiable.
Would you guys see that small of a project over 3/4 mile of road
justifiable if the average take plan was 39 bucks a month requiring a
single hop backhaul and residential micropop contract?
On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 10:20 AM, Sterling Jacobson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
That’s just a pessimistic number I plugged in there.
We are self-funding first, then we are bank funding with
collateral, then we are debt funded from angel/private investors.
Last thing we would do is equity funding, but it would have to be
in the millions for that.
I don’t touch VC funding. My company isn’t structured that way
right now.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Kurt Fankhauser
*Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2015 8:23 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum
Sterling,
Are you paying 12% interest to investors on a 5 year note for
these builds? Where are you finding these investors to fund the
neighborhood builds?
Kurt Fankhauser
Wavelinc Communications
P.O. Box 126
Bucyrus, OH 44820
http://www.wavelinc.com <http://www.wavelinc.com/>
tel. 419-562-6405 <tel:419-562-6405>
fax. 419-617-0110 <tel:419-617-0110>
On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Sterling Jacobson
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
I like Gino said, I have two partner companies that do all of
our builds at cost and bill back their own company so to speak.
The construction is not trivial.
It’s very equipment and labor intensive, I would never dream
of trying to do it myself.
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince
*Sent:* Monday, February 09, 2015 7:20 AM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum
I'm sure he will answer, but I think he's hiring contractors
where needed, but he's also hands on.
bp
<part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
On 2/9/2015 6:15 AM, Kurt Fankhauser wrote:
Is sterling doing his builds with sub contractors instead
of doing the work himself?
Sent from my iPhone
Kurt Fankhauser
Wavelinc Communications
P.O. Box 126
Bucyrus, OH 44820
http://www.wavelinc.com
tel. 419-562-6405 <tel:419-562-6405>
fax. 419-617-0110 <tel:419-617-0110>
On Feb 9, 2015, at 7:40 AM, Paul McCall <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hmmm… it shouldn’t block PDFs. Resending Sterling’s
PDF as a test
Paul
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
*Chuck McCown
*Sent:* Sunday, February 08, 2015 2:41 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum
I have had pdfs blocked before.
*From:*Paul McCall <mailto:[email protected]>
*Sent:*Sunday, February 08, 2015 7:05 AM
*To:*[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:*Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum
Chuck,
Are you attaching a power point file or PDF? I know
pdf is allowed
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of
*Chuck Hogg
*Sent:* Saturday, February 07, 2015 7:51 PM
*To:* [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Buildout Forum
I attached it per my sent items...trying again.
Regards,
Chuck
On Sat, Feb 7, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Chuck Hogg
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
1. Attached.
2. RB2011 or GPON ONU. Flat drop to side of the
house, outdoor NID where flat drop is terminated,
either a 50-75' jumper or bend insensitive fiber going
into the inside of the home plugging into the
electronics indoor.
3. Not using peds, handhole with splice case or TE MST.
4. Don't know, not a PC user.
5. Google Maps. Using a locator.
Regards,
Chuck
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Trevor Bough
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
wrote:
Hey guys, I really enjoyed the fiber build out
forum and have come up with a few questions since
lunch yesterday:
1. Would you be able to make those power points
available to the list?
2. What all equipment do you actually have at the
house? Are you running the fiber up to the house
and then making it the customers responsibility
from there? Or are you running some interior
Ethernet cable for people?
3. Could I get a rough list of what is actually
going in the neighborhood peds?
4. Are you still able to use Powercode (or
whatever you are using for your wireless
customers) for your billing/monitoring/rates? Or
did you have to get a secondary system to handle
the fiber customers?
5. How are you keeping track of where your
underground facilities are for years down the
road? Are you using GPS coordinates at endpoints
and service connections, measurements off of cross
streets, or just planning to be able to use a
locator to find it?
<AFSterling.pdf>
--
All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if
you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all
means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
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Mark Radabaugh
Amplex
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