That comes to $24,288 for 20 miles aerial fiber with 64 strands. Obviously this does not include easements, make ready, labor, etc. but obviously the costs to put in fiber have dropped considerably over the last few years. What brand fiber / supplier quoted you this if you do not mind me asking? Thanks, Scriv
On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 1:48 PM, D. Ryan Spott <rsp...@cspott.com> wrote: > I was just quoted .23 per foot for 64 strands. Figure 8 type construction. > > Dry, loose tube. > > ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scottie Arnett <sarn...@info-ed.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 12:20 PM > To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth > > What is the cost of aerial fiber these days? I know it depends on number of > strands and technology, so if someone were going to do this in a small city, > what type would you want to use? Around here, the electric company gets > around $8/yr/pole to use their poles. Under normal conditions, how many poles > are there in a mile. > > I pay $1325/mth for two T1's from ACC. I am in a rural cooperative area, and > the loop cost account for 2/3's of that to go about 40 miles. The local rural > telco priced me fiber at $2500/mth for 10/10 meg, and a $2500 install fee. > They now have metro ethernet and I can get 6/6 meg for $1300/mth. I will > probably go this route soon, if I can not find a better alternative. Cable > co. is privately owned here and the owner despises us, so that is OOTQ. > > I can get a shot to fiber 16 miles north that is $1500/mth for 10/10 meg from > a public cable company. I will need to rent tower space at one end and buy > the backhaul equipment, plus being in very "stormy" area, have to worry about > lightning 8 - 10 months out of the year. I can not see me "coming out" this > way at a savings of $1000/mth for quite sometime. Most tower companies here > are Crown Castle and other big names that ask cell phone company rates to get > on their towers which are at least $750/mth. Their are other alternatives I > have not explored, such as building my own tower at the other end, or renting > from the cable company tower that may be much cheaper. > > The fiber route mentioned had me interested. It is about 20 miles by road to > the same location that the 16 miles shot is. I know the cost will be way > higher, but I could then use the fiber in the towns along the way to offer > service. About 5 miles of this road way area does not have any broadband at > all. I could also offer an alternative to the local rural telcos fiber, which > has 0 competition at this point. And last but not least, I would worry much > less about lightning. As fiber "looks" to be the way of the future if we want > to stay in business, it is something to look at that is not out of the > question. I just do not have any idea about the costs of laying the fiber. We > have our own bucket trucks and work crew, so that cost is already incurred. > > Scottie > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: "Blake Bowers" <bbow...@mozarks.com> > Reply-To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: Sun, 22 Mar 2009 12:12:39 -0500 > >>A lot of this is educational for me, but I do have >>a couple of thoughts. >> >>If you are having to hop microwave 10 hops to get to your >>intended target, would it not be possible to put an AP on >>each tower along the way, providing service to those >>areas also, to help subsidize the costs? >> >>And what about aerial fiber? There is a LOT of it in use around >>here. Yes, you would have pole attachment fees, but most of you >>are pretty good at coming up with deals involving providing bandwidth >>etc to the people who own the poles. >> >>Just some thoughts, probably not worth what you are paying for them. >> >> >>Don't take your organs to heaven, >>heaven knows we need them down here! >>Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "George Rogato" <wi...@oregonfast.net> >>To: <sc...@brevardwireless.com>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 11:21 AM >>Subject: Re: [WISPA] Cost of bandwidth >> >> >>> It's true that it is a big expense and it's not an easy task. >>> But, we just got a "franchise agreement" from our city for fiber. >>> The way they calculate it is either on a per foot basis, or a percentage >>> of revenues across the fiber. >>> Naturally we did the percentage, but another company that brought >>> submarine cable through our city is paying a yearly per foot. >>> >>> So with the percentage based system, the cost are easier to consume for >>> city wide. >>> >>> As for the boring, thats what I'm wrestling with right now myself. >>> Back in 2000 or 2001 we laid conduits up a couple streets to get some >>> fiber going. We didn't even have a franchise agreement with the city, >>> but it was sanctioned by them anyways. >>> What we did was to buy the pvc ourselves and hired a prison crew to dig. >>> I live on a sand dune, so digging is much easier here than places with >>> harder soil types. >>> One of the excavators I used work with when I was an electrician came by >>> after seeing the crew digging and told me he could have done it for less > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! 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