We might could do another summer AnimalFarm. I tried to gin up support last
year but only had a few sign up. Always open to host folks to come out and
ride along with whatever we are doing at the moment.
Let's say you can clear $50 per month from a rural fiber customer.
$600/year.
I figure 15% is a decent return on an investment. Even 10% would be
fantastic if I could be guaranteed that in a stock market scenario.
But lets stick with 15%. So $600 income per customer must = 15% of the
original investment. If you can build each customer for $4000 or less, you
will earn 15% on that investment for the foreseeable future. I can do it
for $2000 to $3000 per customer.
The main decision you need to make is aerial vs buried. I like buried
because there is not ongoing pole contact fees. But it costs more. I
believe it to be easier to maintain but aerial folks would claim the
opposite. Aerial is much quicker to build.
Either way, you really cannot hire it all done if you want to make any
money. Buy the equipment you need to do the construction or most of the
construction yourself. Again, Aerial is much lower. I can literally build
as much aerial as you want all by my self with my belt and hooks. It will
take forever and I am not sure I could climb many poles each day as I could
when I was a kid, but theoretically, you don't even have to have a bucket
truck.
You do have to have a fusion splicer irrespective of the method you choose.
I really like my new active core alignment splicer. It is very fast,
especially the heat shrink oven part.
Excavation permits are a one time deal here and are not based on the
mileage, just the cost of inspection.
And we don't trench. We plow. Very fast method of construction. I have a
plow, mini excavators and a directional drill. You can trench, just more
cleanup work and slower. Used trenchers are cheaper than used plows.
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Hoppes
Sent: Friday, March 1, 2019 8:53 AM
To: af@af.afmug.com
Subject: [AFMUG] Fiber - ROI
I’m looking at running fiber to some very rural areas.
Even if I get grant funding to run it. How are those of you doing it making
the ongoing ROI when you might have 5 houses each mile?
Pole rentals are $15-$17/ea per year.
Is trenching normally something you pay the state/county per mile? Per once
permit?
Does anyone know of a company I can consult with that will design and
engineer FTTH networks?
Chuck - are you still accepting folks to come down with you for a week to
learn your ways of fiber?
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