Very true. I found it cheaper to use contractors. On Wednesday, January 20, 2016, Sterling Jacobson <[email protected]> wrote:
> Partner with a drilling and fiber pull/splice company? > > > > Fiber requires a LOT of crew and machinery that WISPs don’t have and are > not trained to operate. > > > > You could do small jobs and pay retail on the fiber construction. > > > > Backhaul with high capacity wireless into areas and bury/hang fiber (how I > started). > > Then fill in with middle mile fiber down the road. > > > > Or do the reverse and backhaul with fiber and stick with high capacity > wireless for last mile (Vivint?) > > Then fill in with fiber to the home later. > > > > The capital required to run a crew to do fiber is pretty high. > > And that doesn’t get you any actual fiber in the ground, that’s also very > capital intensive on top of that. > > > > Salary is the hard part. Keeping large crews happy in down time is where > problems arise. > > Double training staff might work, but I haven’t seen much of that. > > > > There is a LOT of money to be had in owning and operating a good drilling > and fiber crew around here. > > > > > > > > > > *From:* Af [mailto:[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>] *On Behalf Of *Graham > McIntire > *Sent:* Wednesday, January 20, 2016 3:50 PM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber financing / loans? How are you paying for it. > > > > I'm curious as well as to what equipment we need to go from 100% pure WISP > to doing fiber as well. > > > > On Wed, Jan 20, 2016 at 4:44 PM, TJ Trout <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[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 ? > > >
