I was recently quoted $300,000 to break into a long-haul fiber route (not Verizon), that was to cover the bulk of the equipment costs to break in and then they could give me a good rate per megabyte.
-Kevin On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 8:50 PM, John Valenti <vale...@lir.msu.edu> wrote: > I'm assuming this is hopeless, but somebody here can probably confirm: > > Verizon has fiber running down the dirt road that passes by a grain > leg I'm using. (I'm told it was put in for 911 service to Bath, MI) > Is it possible to have them tap into it and sell bulk bandwidth to > me? For less than 10s of thousand$? > > If it helps, there is a small concrete vault nearby that the fiber > runs thru. The farmer says the cover has been left open on that for > years. You can look in and see a metal can (about 8" by 2') that the > fiber runs thru. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/