Sounds like a winner. Then have 1 or more lid options  

Jon Langeler
Michwave Technologies, Inc.


> On Aug 20, 2017, at 5:56 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I was making handhole components a few years ago.  Not a big money maker.  
> But handholes are simply too expensive.  I came up with some alternate 
> designs, like a slice of 36” plastic conduit.  Made a lid to go over it.  
> Maybe I ought to revisit that project.  The world needs lower cost hand 
> holes. 
>  
> From: George Skorup
> Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 12:46 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aerial fiber $/mile
>  
> We're looking at doing a neighborhood where we have wireless now. Private 
> association of about 40 homes. The president is also an electrical contractor 
> and has helped us on other non-fiber stuff in the past. So at least we can 
> get duct at his cost. Looking like about 6250 feet of duct and 21 or 22 
> handholes. Probably going to follow Chuck Hogg's strategy with 1x4 PLCs in 
> the splice cases fed by PLCs at the cabinet. My rough guestimates are around 
> $25-27k before putting it in the ground or customer drops. We figure we can 
> make a business case with a $1k install.
> 
>> On 8/20/2017 12:31 PM, Jason McKemie wrote:
>> It does include the fiber, but not electronics or splice closures. Just 
>> fiber, associated mounting hardware, and guy wires/anchors. 
>> 
>>> On Saturday, August 19, 2017, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Drops were anywhere from 150' to 1600'.  The long ones naturally pushed up 
>>> the average quite a bit.
>>>  
>>> On the feed down the road it's $1.80/foot plus the cable.  The contractor 
>>> is supplying all material except the cable itself and honestlyI don't 
>>> recall how much of that was labor vs material.  We did have to add 4 poles, 
>>> so there's that in the $17,000/mile.  And that also includes splice 
>>> enclosures, switches, optics, switch enclosure, and electric installation 
>>> at the switch enclosure.
>>>  
>>> Does your $1/ft in materials include the actual fiber?  If not, then we're 
>>> very close.  If it does then I have to sharpen the pencil quite a bit.
>>>  
>>>  
>>>  
>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>> From: "Jason McKemie" <[email protected]>
>>> To: "javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');" 
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>
>>> Sent: 8/19/2017 3:49:07 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Aerial fiber $/mile
>>>  
>>>> How long are the drops? Labor for main runs cost me about $.75/ft last 
>>>> time I did it, plus around $1/ft in materials. I didn't have to do much 
>>>> make ready though, that can add up quickly. I think my drops cost me 
>>>> roughly $1/ft since I'm doing them myself now.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Saturday, August 19, 2017, Adam Moffett 
>>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');> wrote:
>>>>> I'm at $17,000 per mile on a recent active E deployment.  Each customer 
>>>>> installation averaged $900.  This is rural, so lots of long drops.
>>>>>  
>>>>> I guess I'm looking over to the next stall to see how mine measures up to 
>>>>> yours.
>>>>>  
>>>>>  
>>>>> ------ Original Message ------
>>>>> From: "Adam Moffett" <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>>>> Sent: 8/19/2017 9:55:20 AM
>>>>> Subject: [AFMUG] Aerial fiber $/mile
>>>>>  
>>>>>> So after the dust has settled on completed projects, what sort of money 
>>>>>> have you ended up spending per mile?
>>>>>> How much per customer installation?
> 

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