If you are in an empty ROW, what happens if you put up your own poles? Is this now a source of potential revenue, or do you still own them? Is there a recurring permit fee to place poles?
On Sat, Mar 2, 2019 at 9:34 AM Mark - Myakka Technologies <m...@mailmt.com> wrote: > Chris, > > We went with standard 1x2 and 1x4 splitters. If I remember, I'll post our > diagram when I get to the office on Monday. > > > -- > Best regards, > Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com <m...@mailmt.com> > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > www.MyakkaTech.com > > ------ > > Friday, March 1, 2019, 11:48:53 AM, you 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 >
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