[TriLUG] Neighborhood Fiber

[Wes Garrison via TriLUG]

(new thread so I don't continue to hijack the other one)

Don't be such a spoilsport :)

1) Permitting and Easements, we're in the county (Chatham) so we don't need
permits, and we're getting easements from each neighbor whose yard we
cross, approx. $3500 legal fees
2) Existing Utilities: we're trenching through back yards, so there aren't
any except for well pumps, which we'll be going behind.
3) Fiber is lit by AT&T at my house and ready to go.  We are "re-lighting"
it using UBNT gear. (see below)
5) Paying for it: 12 Neighbors are in, splitting the ~$15,000 installation
cost (including legal costs) and ~$1,000/month data cost for 150/150Mbps
dedicated Ethernet from AT&T

Trenching it ourselves is saving at least $25,000.

I will have to pay for the fiber splicing, since I don't have the equipment
or experience to do this myself, but that cost will be under $2,000.

Ubiquiti equipment means we only need 1 fiber strand per household, so we
save cost there.

Here is the equipment:
Head End: EdgeSwitch ES-12F <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AY9V8IO/>
with 12 Gigabit SFP ports and 4 Gigabit Ethernet, ~$200
Each House: EdgePoint EP-R6 <https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CNKF26G/>
outdoor PoE router with Gigabit SFP, ~$115
SFP Pairs: U-Fiber Single-Mode
<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N4KWOI1/> Gigabit SFP, ~$30/pair
3200 ft. Corning 36-strand single-mode fiber, ~$0.35/ft.
5000 ft. Corning  6-strand single-mode fiber, ~$0.20/ft.

I'll let you know how it goes.

-Wes
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Wesley S. Garrison
Network Engineer
Xitech Communications, Inc.
phone:  (919) 260-0803
fax:       (919) 932-5051
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On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 12:57 PM, Brian via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> On 06/07/2018 12:24 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
>
>> Which is why I am trenching fiber through our neighborhood MYSELF.
>> Seriously.  I'm renting a walk-behind trencher from Home Depot and
>> trenching 7000 ft. of fiber.
>>
>
> This seems ill-advised.  What about...
> - Permitting, easements, etc.
> - Existing buried utilities
> - Lighting the fiber
> - Paying for it all
>
>