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Well, as far as I understand, some of the residents essentially formed a company (BBNG) which then built a fiber optics connection to the nearest TNG access poi
by rndgermandude 12y ago
Well, as far as I understand, some of the residents essentially formed a company (BBNG) which then built a fiber optics connection to the nearest TNG access point. TNG is a regional provider, serving in particular the town of Kiel (capitital of the state of Schleswig-Holstein) and is also (one of) the ISP for the corresponding state government.
TNG in turn provides the actual service to the subscribers, and pays a leasing fee to BBNG. BBNG uses that revenue to reimburse the investors.
As for the peerings of TNG: http://www.cidr-report.org/cgi-bin/as-report?as=AS13101 http://www.cidr-report.org/cgi-bin/as-report?as=AS13101
- onnoonno 12y agoTNG serves all of Schleswig-Holstein now? I thought this was a Kiel-only thing?
- kzar 12y agoWhat I don't understand is how you figure out where the closest fibre access point is. I'm trying to get my head around how to carry out a project similar to this / B4RN and the first step seems to be to check if there's a fibre access point reasonably close by.
- jacquesm 12y agoFind a local line-man and ask! Wherever you see one of those trucks working on overhead or underground lines there is a ton of knowledge about local infrastructure present. Good spots to scout for: railroad stations, microwave towers, datacenters (unlikely, but still), highways.
- walshemj 12y agoYou ask your telecoms drawing office who should have plans for all their plant. You could try pinging @malcolmcorbett as he has been involved in community broadband