Duct or direct plow makes a difference. Direct is cheaper but damage is much harder, takes longer to repair, and increases your maintenance cost over time. With direct bury you have no ability to pull slack or add new handholes for access. In the event of a fiber cut without duct the repair usually involves exposing 100’ of cable on either side of the damage and splicing in a new section of cable which will require double the number of splices and splice cases versus duct where you can pull spare cable in.
Mark > On Nov 17, 2016, at 8:03 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected]> wrote: > > All ROW are already in place. Few road crossings in rural areas but in > cities close to standard numbers of road crossings. > > > On Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 6:53 AM <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > Just don't forget that there will be costs not related to construction both > before and after. > > Some of them are onetime costs, not related to mileage like planning, permits > and the like. This is one reason costs are all over the map, because it > depends on how many miles you can spread fixed prebuild costs. > > Others are ongoing costs which will keep eating at you, even after you finish > construction. Various reporting requirements and paperwork, locates, repairs, > maintenance, etc. Even when you have a brand new plant you have to budget for > OPEX. > > Jared > > > > Sent: Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 2:27 PM > > From: "Mark Radabaugh" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Cost > > > > All over the place. 10k to 200k depending location. Rural direct > > plowed in good soil with no duct and nothing in the way? 12k is about as > > low as I have seen quoted. Road crossings, boring, rock, urban, rail > > crossings, pipeline crossings will all add to that number. > > > > Mark > > > > > > > On Nov 17, 2016, at 5:52 AM, Lewis Bergman <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > > > I know we have discussed this before but I wanted a current cost for > > > backhaul fiber per mile in the ground. > > > >
