We may have an opportunity to bid on a fiber project to a rural elementary school in our footprint. RFP has not been published yet, so we have had only high level talks about this.
We can do this 3 ways. 1. A completely new build out for the school. Their own fiber, ducts, handholes, etc. About 16 miles of state road so DOT will be involved. 2. About 4 miles new build on a state road which will get them to our footprint. We then lease them the other 12 miles on our fiber. 3. About 4 miles new build on a state road to our footprint, then we attempt to pull their fiber through our duct for the remaining 12 miles. Option #1 is going to be the most time consuming and most expensive. But they are only out of pocket 20%. E-Rate will pick up the other 80%. Advantages to them, they own everything. Disadvantage, they have to maintain everything. No real advantage to us, Just takes us away from doing what we do. Maybe we can get a maintenance contract from them for fiber cuts, etc. But I doubt it. Option #2 quickest cleanest way to go. Bang out a 4 mile run and be done with it. Disadvantages to them, reoccurring charges. Not sure if dark fiber is covered under e-rate. Option #3 try to squeeze their fiber into our current duct. We use 1.25" duct and I think our current fiber is .75", so it would be tight depending on count. Is there a way to sub-duct existing duct? I know I saw some high count low diameter dense fiber at one of the WISPA shows. Opinions? Thanks -- Thanks, Mark mailto:m...@mailmt.com Myakka Technologies, Inc. www.Myakka.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
