You pay for the total length of their fiber that you're using.
In my case I actually did want to get from Town A to B to C, and they
counted each leg as a separate IRU. The points where we stop at a
splice case were the ends of their run. So A-B was one billing item and
B-C was another. They only billed for total fiber footage, not for
splice points in between. In that case there wasn't even a setup fee to
connect the endpoints, but there was monthly maintenance.
I'm peripherally aware of another dark fiber provider that we work
with. I didn't make the deals with them, but I think they do charge for
each splice. In their case the leasing cost is a lot lower though, so I
think that one all works out ok.
On 4/20/2020 5:09 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
So do you only pay for the dark fiber for the physical cable length
that they have it, Like Splice box to splice box, then you put a pig
tail on the end of that. Or Would the 'Connection' cost be for every
splice box they have to go through. Say, a connection from City A to
City C, but the Fiber goes through CityB? Is there a 'connection' in
City B, or do you have to have equipment in CityB.
On 4/20/2020 2:23 PM, Adam Moffett wrote:
In my experience you pay a recurring maintenance fee to cover repairs
and such.
You don't get to access their cases, so you leave them a pigtail and
they splice it into their system. Often you pay each time you need
them to make a connection for you (hopefully just the once).
On 4/20/2020 3:20 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
I'm not in the dark fiber game, but what do you mean by 'per-event'
billing? Like if there's a fiber cut, you're responsible for part
of the repair cost? Or is that for like accessing the electronics
on the ends of the fiber.
On 4/20/2020 2:10 PM, Chris Fabien wrote:
Those seem like fair rates, is that all inclusive or will you also
get billed for maintenance annually or per-event?
On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 2:44 PM Jeremy Grip <g...@nbnworks.net
<mailto:g...@nbnworks.net>> wrote:
Can anybody give me an idea of reasonable dark fiber pricing
per strand mile? I’m trying to figure out if the rates Vermont
asks for state-owned fiber are reasonable, see the attached.
Jeremy Grip, LTLOP (long time lurker, occasional poster)
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