We have also invested in our own fiber crew….. Drill, Vac, etc.….we have the cost down to around $4.50 per foot for our main trunk line. That does not include drops but they are usually fairly straight forward. He have installed around 45 miles in the past 3 ½ years…this is a combination of some aerial ( which I don’t like in our area), using some existing city conduit, mostly installing our own.
From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sterling Jacobson Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:58 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber financing / loans? How are you paying for it. Add another $100k when all of that breaks in a year or two, lol! From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris Fabien Sent: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:57 PM To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber financing / loans? How are you paying for it. We are self financing and building as much as we can afford. We looked into subcontracting the work and found it to be cost prohibitive. We are doing all the work in house including directional drilling. If you are comfortable working on older equipment and mechanically inclined so you can fix stuff, you can probably get set up with a decent drill rig, big plow, drop plow, couple trucks and trailers for around $100k. On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 5:44 PM, TJ Trout <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: How are all of you fiber guys paying to get this stuff in the ground ? All self financing ? What is a good estimate to bore say 100 or 500 houses passed in a suburban neighborhood that's all asphalt and concrete sidewalks with ~5000sqft lots for pon? I know it could vary vastly but just a ball park ? $1000 per house passed ?
