We are an ISP and lease fiber from other ISP/CLECs and an independent phone company/CLEC. We have also strung fiber ourselves for short distances with property owner approval. The fiber "owner" has to pay municipal taxes and pole rental fees, and construction can be expensive, so expect to have both MRC and NRC, unless the NRC is amortized into the MRC. The local bell is almost always cost prohibitive or unavailable unless you a re CLEC and then "almost always" changes to "likely".
Regarding the topic... If someone provides dark fiber, would they be subject to CALEA requirements to be able to tap and record the transmission? As an ISP, I know the LEAs would come to me rather than the fiber provider, so that has never been a concern to my fiber providers that I know of. How do providers of dark fiber handle non-ISP/Telecom customers with regards to CALEA compliance capabilities? On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 02:27:32PM -0400, ch...@lavin-llc.com wrote: > I was curious to know if there are different ways to go about > purchasing dark fiber. If you have Site A and Site B only a few miles > apart and you're happy to provide the light, how do you get the fiber? > Not expecting to obtain right-of-way/permits/ditch digger. Do you > lease (meaning paying a MRC) or is it 'purchased' (meaning a NRC)? > > Thanks, > -chris > > > > _______________________________________________ > cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net > https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp > archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/ -- /* 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/ */ _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list cisco-nsp@puck.nether.net https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/