On Mar 25, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Masataka Ohta wrote: > Nick Hilliard wrote: > >> most of the expense of laying fibre is associated with ducting + wayleave. > > Another important expense of FTTH is at the last yards of > dropping cables fro the laed fiber, where SS needs simple > closures and shorter dropping cables than PON.
These enclosures (including all electronics but SFP) are around $350. SFP is another $110 for 10km bidi optics w/ DOM. The cable cost to reach the home with connectors can run around $1-2/meter, excluding pole attach or burying costs. The cable cost quickly comes to rival the cost of the enclosure. - Jared