Fiberstore On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 2:35 PM Jason McKemie < j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> wrote:
> Where are you sourcing your splitters? > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:50 AM Chris Fabien <ch...@lakenetmi.com> wrote: > >> Chuck >> Here is a quick sketch of the optical tap split we use. Each handhole >> uses a custom ratio FBT splitter to peel off a small bit of light from the >> mainline fiber, and then a normal PLC to break that up further to the >> required number of customers. If you are at all familiar with CATV this is >> essentially the same thing that coax taps do, just with light. The >> appropriate FBT ratio has to be picked at each handhole, and it steps up in >> % as you go down the line. >> >> You can chain as many as 15-20 of these taps in a line using just one >> mainline strand, depending on split ratio, distance, and GPON optical >> budget. We run ZTE using class C++ OLT optics and run this system out to >> about 30km and still can split to cover about 20 houses over a mile of >> road. >> >> We normally run rural mainline direct buried. When your mainlin cable is >> 18 cents a foot 35 cents for duct just blows the budget plus it adds >> another work step blowing or pulling the cable into the duct. >> >> >> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 11:11 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: >> >>> Chris, >>> I would love to have you post a schematic diagram of your low count PON >>> system. >>> Do you use duct or direct burial? >>> >>> *From:* Chris Fabien >>> *Sent:* Friday, March 1, 2019 9:00 AM >>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Fiber - ROI >>> >>> We do fiber in 5-20 houses per mile areas. You have to get the cost down >>> as much as possible. We plow most of our mainline direct buried, often use >>> a 12-count tonable flat drop as mainline on side roads. With the right >>> GPON splitting topology you can feed several hundred houses on a 12-count >>> fiber. If the area is rural enough to not have a lot of paved driveways you >>> can cover a lot of ground fast plowing. Cheap electronics like ZTE or >>> UBNT. Everythign fusion spliced because splicing labor is cheaper for us >>> than the fancy connectorized systems. >>> >>> Permitting cost will vary by area, our costs are $500 for the first mile >>> and $50 per additional mile, one time fee. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:54 AM Matt Hoppes < >>> mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: >>> >>>> 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? >>>> -- >>>> AF mailing list >>>> AF@af.afmug.com >>>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> AF@af.afmug.com >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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