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It's pretty sad that people put that much money into towers when the cost of hooking a home up to fibre (even rural) is in the $1800-2500 ballpark.
by bcrl 4y ago
It's pretty sad that people put that much money into towers when the cost of hooking a home up to fibre (even rural) is in the $1800-2500 ballpark.
- walrus01 4y agoOnly if the fiber provider is in the same area doing a build to serve at minimum a few hundred other homes at roughly the same time. Some people who live in rural areas where they would need a 60-80 ft tower for wisp cpe or starlink may be in a place so far from existing ISP fiber that a new build purely aerial fiber construction project could run $300,000.
- bcrl 4y agoIt's perfectly possible to do FTTH builds for 30-40 homes at a cost of $30-40k. Just make sure you know what you're doing and avoid getting fleeced by engineering consulting firms and high margin construction companies.