When you say duct you mean this orange conduit, right? https://www.bdiky.com/siteadmin/includes/javascript/third_party/kcfinder/upload/images/3N1%20Boreable%20Conduit.jpg
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Thu, Nov 17, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > I would never do direct again. Gopher damage. Doesn’t happen with duct. > Plus with duct you can cut and pull out and go over and under anytime you > want. Saves in splicing and figure 8 ing etc. > Duct is worth the extra expense. And it is not really that expensive. > > *From:* Mark Radabaugh > *Sent:* Thursday, November 17, 2016 6:14 AM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber Cost > > 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]> 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]> >> > To: [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]> >> wrote: >> > > >> > > I know we have discussed this before but I wanted a current cost for >> backhaul fiber per mile in the ground. >> > >> > >> > >
