We’ve used Toro Dingos with the vibratory plow for small projects like this. It was pretty easy and inexpensive to rent.
Joe > On Jul 22, 2016, at 8:02 PM, Jason McKemie <j.mcke...@veloxinetbroadband.com> > wrote: > > Just trench it yourself if none of the property owners have an issue with it. > Do yourself a favor and get a trencher with a back-fill blade though. > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 6:36 PM, Aaron Fitzgerald <aa...@wifitz.net > <mailto:aa...@wifitz.net>> wrote: > Hey guys -- > > I'd been talking with a local data center and fiber contractor in town about > running dark fiber from the data center to a cell tower that is about 600ft > from the exterior pull boxes. Both the fiber carrier I have been talking to > and the data center have their own pull box. The fiber company wants around > $100k in total for NRC + 5 yr MRC. Seems way too expensive. > > The data center owner asked a fairly obvious question: the run is short, why > not do it yourself? To be honest it's not something Id' ever considered. The > data center is willing to let me pay for a cross to the carrier hotel, pull > fiber to his outside pullbox and connect to the outside world from there. The > land owner where the cell tower sits would be game as well -- I'd be paying > him rent for usage of the tower afterall. > > How would one even get started with this? Ease and pros/cons of boring vs > trenching? I don't imagine I would need to worry about any protection from > conduit on a run this short > > <image.png> > > > /Fiber newb > > -- > > > Aaron Fitzgerald - CEO/CIO > wiFitz Network Services > Serving NE Iowa's Creative Corridor > Phone: 319/540-8999 <tel:319%2F540-8999> > Web: http://www.wifitz.net <http://www.wifitz.net/> > > wiFitz is a service of Fitzgerald Embedded, LLC >
