[TriLUG] Neighborhood Fiber

[Scott Lambdin via TriLUG]

Any houses for sale in your neighborhood?  ;)

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 4:05 PM, Wes Garrison via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
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
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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
> >
> >
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