question on l on equipment for a local fiber installation

[Gerry Hull]

Food for thought:

If you have line-of-site to the pole, you can buy two inexpensive data
radios for far less than the cost of running fiber, connectors and
interconnect.

In fact, stock 802.11 b/g/n gear with some small yagi antennas will do 3000
feet no problemo if there is line of sight.


Gerry Hull
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On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:22 PM, James Seagraves <
seagravesinnovationconsulting at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone
>
> I have a house northern NH that is 3000' from the nearest telephone pole.
> We have had satellite Internet service and the speed and download
> limits (16 Gb/30 days)  are a real pain.  So we are looking at replacing
> the satellite with the local cable provider.  The problem is
> our distance from the nearest pole.
>
> After talking with the cable rep and pricing out the large coax cable
> he wanted to run up the hill, I decided to price out using fiber
> as the intermediate link for the 3000' feet.  We know from
>  talking  with the cable company that many sites in the area are
> doing something similar (their school and university customers).
>
> I asked the local fiber company from VT to give us a quote on
> the parts needed to take the cable coax signal, convert it to
> light and send it up the hill to our house.  The company
> only gave me a total cost and is refusing so far to
> give me the parts details and unit costs.
>
> So I would like to know if anyone on ghlug list has already done
> this sort of thing and has a breakdown of the parts cost.
> I have been trying to find distributors/ other local
> supplies with no luck.  google has not been very heplful
> so far.
>
> I am looking for the make/model of the coax<->fiber mux/demux
> and the bulk cost for 3000' of  SM many strand optic fiber.
>
> Also, if you know of any NH suppliers that would be a help too.
>
> thanks
> Jim Seagraves
>
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