Colin Humphreys wrote:
>
> We were going to do this sort of thing for our Internet connection at the
> office as a last resort...
...snip....
> It all fell apart for us when we discovered that it was going to be at least
> $40000pa to\
> rent a spot on a city building for the other end....
Two factors in this that I know of
1) Someone in the 70's (?) recognised the potential and went around
and purchased the rights to the roof tops in Sydney and North Sydney,
etc, so there is a monopoly.
2) as Land Information Centre(LIC) and Land Titles Office(LTO) found
out, the end kit installation is cheap, but running cable up high rise
ducts can be very expensive.
LTO is in Queens Sq at north end of Hyde Park with no problems to
roof, but LIC is at Remington/new AMP building at south end of Hyde
Park on 12th floor in a 28 floor building. I think the price to run to
the roof was about $15K four years ago, which meant it would never
happen.
Even though the idea was sound, it was PHB from start to finish.
Each site provided internet access (multiple DDS) and was planning on
www sales and each site was on a different telephone exchange, so a
microwave link meant both could continue operating if either exchange
went down.
PHB: "We'll stick it out the window"
I: "I doubt very much if you will be able to just position it outside
the window as the window cleaners will knock it off with their
platform or it will get tangled in the cables."
Building Management Co: "No Way"
PHB: "We'll put it inside the window, You can see them from here"
I:"No, you will not be able to just point it out the window as
reflection will microwave the staff (who sit < 4' away)".
Office Manager:(@10 on volume) "what does that fusching idiot * *
think he his doing. There is no way my staff are going to work
anywhere near any microwave device".
PHB1:"We are going to run coax to the roof"
I: "Why not run fibre optic and allow for future capacity"
PHB2:"We have now decided to run Cat 5 to the roof"
I: "Is it within Cat 5 limits? Why not run fibre optic? The difference
in cost is negligible compared to the labour of getting it there"
PHB2: "Far too expensive"
First quote ~ $15K and end of the matter.
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