[TriLUG] Neighborhood Fiber

[Tadd Torborg via TriLUG]

Do you have to avoid septic drainage fields and reserve fields as well?  Or is this above that?  

How deep does the trencher dig?  Do you use a gravel bed at the bottom of the trench?  

I’ve never done anything like this, but I remember my dad and my uncle doing the wiring for an out building. It seemed like a really big deal

Thanks! 

Tadd --- Sent from Planet X

> On Jun 8, 2018, at 11:11 AM, John Ostrander via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> This is great, I'd love to see a presentation on the A-Z of everything
> involved in doing this yourselves.   wink, wink, nudge, nudge
> 
> 
>> On 06/07/2018 04:05 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG wrote:
>> (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 _________________________________ Wesley S. Garrison
>> Network Engineer Xitech Communications, Inc. phone: (919) 260-0803
>> fax: (919) 932-5051 __________________________________ "Lead us not
>> into temptation, but deliver us from email." 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
> 
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