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On Wed, Nov 6, 2024, 5:26 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > What would you call this $10 device? > On 11/6/2024 11:17 AM, Chris Fabien wrote: > > Nate, If they want to keep the clearQAM video feed in place, that is > pretty straightforward to do via RF overlay on top of a GPON or > XGSPON Network. A couple pieces of equipment at the headend and a $10 > optical receiver at each house. No STB required. > > On Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 5:43 PM Nate Burke <n...@blastcomm.com> wrote: > >> The Boss and I are having an arug^H^H^H^H Discussion about installing >> fiber in a campground (Mostly permanent Singlewide units). He thinks >> that it would be too difficult to do. I contend that with >> Microtrenching down the campground roads, this would be the perfect >> deployment for Gpon Fiber. >> >> Campsites are concrete pad Road to road, no dirt runs between multiple >> trailers without lots of concrete cutting. So at most there would be 2 >> trailers fed off each duct drop from the asphalt road. >> >> When you do microtrenching, do you just do a bunch of microduct, then >> break off a microduct whenever you need it? There would probably be ~20 >> microducts that could run out of a central Handhole at the end of the >> street, and feed both sides of the street for 40 trailers. 20 trailers >> per side, 10 microduct drops per side 1 microduct feeding 2 trailers. >> Is that too many for a microtrench? >> >> There is an existing coax cable plant, installed in the early 80's that >> is bandaided together to provide Docsis at about 10mb/5mb, with many >> many outages. All utilities are private, unmarked, and sometimes near >> the surface. >> >> The microtrenching videos make it looks like you just advance down the >> street at a few feet per minute, with a fixed road behind you. Is it >> not that simple? I'm thinking the whole campground of 1500 spots could >> be installed in a few weeks. >> >> Anyone done campground deployments? Tree coverage makes RF not as >> feasible. Downside of fiber is that there are a handful of clearQAM TV >> Channel on the existing coax plant. That's much harder to do with fiber >> without some sort of STB agreement. >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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