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by iptrans 6y ago
Not really. Subsea cable is often cheaper and easier to install than an overland route. Octoberfranklin is just wrong on the economics. In fjords you can just use a barge to lay the cable or, this being Norway, you can just roll out the cab
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by iptrans 6y ago
Subsea cable is often cheaper and easier to install than an overland route. Octoberfranklin is just wrong on the economics.
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by iptrans 6y ago
> Or is it cheaper to make your sea cable 5% longer instead of licensing land-RightOfWays install/access? Yes. Subsea cable is often cheaper and easier to install than an overland route. Octoberfranklin is just wrong on the economi
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by iptrans 6y ago
The above isn't correct. Subsea cable system costs are about 30k$ to 50k$ per kilometer. This is about the same cost as aerial construction, excluding the poles. You pay for the poles separately with yearly fees. You also don't n
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by iptrans 6y ago
[Citation needed]
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by iptrans 6y ago
Honestly, 99% uptime is pretty crap for an ISP. That’s three full days of downtime over 9 months. Aren’t customers complaining constantly?
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by iptrans 6y ago
Oh come on! Free space optics isn’t some new technology. The real reason FSO isn’t used is because despite almost half a billion USD in R&D over the past 20 years the reliability issues haven’t been solved.
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by iptrans 6y ago
Even if Jared is spending 20 hours per week on this project now, that will not be the case after construction is finished. As such your calculation does not hold and 160 customers will not be needed to recoup costs, cash or non-cash. There
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by iptrans 6y ago
Which locate wand did you get?
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by iptrans 6y ago
@jaredmauch Can you share more details on becoming a telco? Did it have other upsides/downsides than easier access to the public right of way? Does being a CLEC have benefits not extended to a BIAS (Broadband Internet Access Provider)
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by iptrans 6y ago
It's pretty accurate across borders. Local regulations and permitting rules will differ and costs will vary according to local labor costs. Souce: done that, been there in multiple countries Hit me up via email if you need help. Email
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by iptrans 6y ago
According to the presentation: - Costs exceeded $126k by far. More like $150k in direct costs plus all the free labor Jared put in. This project has taken literally years of his life and all his spare time lately. - Pre-orders were more tha
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by iptrans 6y ago
@jaredmauch How much of the route did you bore with that Ditch Witch JT820 drill? Did you personally run the machine or did you have a contractor do it for you? What's your view on the JT820? Any problems? Or did all go well?
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by iptrans 6y ago
Very few ISPs publish service area maps, never mind accurate coverage maps. The only public data about broadband availability is based on FCC 477 forms, which is notoriously inaccurate. It's so bad that the FCC recently had to walk bac
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by iptrans 6y ago
1.4 km is a curious distance. Perhaps they are optics that didn’t make the 2 km cut and are sold at a discount? I wouldn’t worry too much about the standards. There are lots of optics that don’t stick to the standards, but go above and beyo
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by iptrans 6y ago
Nope, a human with or without a microscope isn’t going to do it better than a fully automated fusion splicer.
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by iptrans 6y ago
Crimp tools from brand name vendors are wildly overpriced. You can get a mechanical splice kit for very little money from one of the online fiber stores. In fact, for less than a grand you can get a brand new core alignment fusion splicer.
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by iptrans 6y ago
FYI, brand new fusion splicers can be had for under a grand.
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by iptrans 6y ago
Fusion splicers are cheap. You can get a brand new fusion splicer for under a grand. Fusion splicing hasn’t been a delicate process for at least twenty years and trailers are used only because they provide better working conditions.
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by iptrans 6y ago
Fusion splicers haven’t used microscopes for at least twenty years. In fact, I bet it was far longer ago than that. Are you sure it was a microscope or are you really old skool?
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by iptrans 6y ago
Powerline can have major problems, depending on the quality of the electric wiring. In addition to that latencies are bad.
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by iptrans 6y ago
You can get fiber even as a translucent version, that is almost “invisible”.
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by iptrans 6y ago
You are likely to be very disappointed if you rely on that data. You may even be disappointed if a carrier promises service at a location, since some ISPs have been known to renege on offers at a later date. The only way to be sure of servi
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by iptrans 6y ago
Solid glass has better mechanical characteristics than mechanical splices and a longer service lifetime. No short haul optics need attenuators.
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by iptrans 6y ago
LR optics don’t require attenuators. OP didn’t mess up the text. They clearly wanted bidi optics as they only ran one strand.
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by iptrans 6y ago
This data is usually proprietary and/or behind a broker/vendor/carrier/paywall. You can get some of it from Fiberlocator. Subscriptions to their service is $3,800 per year.
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by iptrans 6y ago
That’s not a bidi SFP. The attenuators aren’t needed either. Then there’s the fact you are ordering from Aliexpress, rather than Fiberstore. Fiberstore has multiple locations and warehouses, a returns policy, a level of customer service and
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by iptrans 6y ago
477 data is renowned for being wildly inaccurate. You can find whole articles about how terrible it is, never mind out of date.
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by iptrans 6y ago
The reason why it’s cheaper for some guy to just dig a cable themselves is simple: 80% of network construction costs are labor costs. If your spare time is “free”, of course you are going to be able to compete on costs with a paid professio
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by iptrans 6y ago
In telecommunications redlining is used to carve out profitable areas to serve and abandoning others. It doesn't matter how fair the bidding and/or selection process is, you'll only end up with service in the profitable areas

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