There are companies that already do this. They contract for CenturyLink, AT&T, Time Warner, etc. We hired one to do all of our outside plant.
Lots of 💰 to be made if you do it right and have a good crew. They always hire local labor for ditch digging, but their splice crews and management are continuous. On Mar 30, 2017 12:50 PM, "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> wrote: > I am considering building a construction team that can drop into a small > town or large subdivision, install fiber and move on. > Something where I own the construction equipment and keep labor costs > low. Want to identify the minimum equipment necessary and the methods of > construction to provide the best value. > > HDD with mud truck > Do we need a vacuum excavator? > Mini excavator > One of these drop plows. Whoever said their guy can do 5-8 homes per > day.... yeah that one (to lazy to search who it was). > > What to use for hand holes? > Plastic hand holes? > > What are the best values for splice cases? > > Perhaps try UBNT GPON. Can always throw it in the ditch if it does not > work. > > So a best practices/FTTH in a box schedule of equipment and methods is > needed. From that I will look at the ROI needed from the equipment as well > as the labor costs to estimate the costs to do a subdivision. > > From that we will look at the ROI on a competitive ARPU to see if an area > is worth doing. > I keep getting asked to do this, so I guess I better do this. >
