On Tue, Mar 02, 2010 at 10:27:45AM -0800, MDK wrote: > I have a situation where a rural housing development (very rural, up in the > mountains, far far from town, heavily wooded) is wanting broadband, and it > seems to me that the best way would be to wire these guys up. I have 900 > gear onsite, but the fact that the area is steep, rugged, and heavily > timbered, means I can't get even 900 to work well in it. > > When the original owner/developer started this thing, he put in underground > power and phones to some of it, and some of it's in the air. > > The roads are not county property, they are owned by the HOA that runs the > development. Anyone familiar with what legal entanglements and > requirements are involved in stringing fiber? I would need to run about > 1-2 miles, at absolute most, and it would pass 30 to 40 homes / yet > undeveloped lots.
Sounds like you're all set. Get HOA permission and do it. This is really the simplest type of deployment as far as permissions go. If the pole are owned by a utility, you probably can't use them. You can run the fiber over the ground, on privately owned poles, or trenched. I've run it over the ground in an association. Just don't run it too close to the road where it might get damaged by a plow or bushhog. Make sure you use outdoor fiber, leave some slack for future splices, etc... I'd do active ethernet rather than gepon. > > Where do I look for best practices for build out, who's done this kind of > stuff? > > Any input or experiences with this appreciated. > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- /* Jason Philbrook | Midcoast Internet Solutions - Wireless and DSL KB1IOJ | Broadband Internet Access, Dialup, and Hosting http://f64.nu/ | for Midcoast Maine http://www.midcoast.com/ */ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
