----- Original Message ----- > From: "Hank Disuko" <[email protected]>
> I wonder if I can tap into some knowledge on the list and ask for > ballpark figures on how much it would normally cost to run 2 fiber > cables between 2 adjacent office buildings. I have a quote from a > contractor, and I want to make sure i'm not getting totally fleeced. > > The conduit is in place between the buildings. > > The work entails: > > - 2 x 6-Strand 50/125u multimode, Tight Buffered, Armoured, Laser > Ultra-Fox Fiber cables > - Distance of run is approx 520 meters > - Total of 8 terminations (2 strands on each end of links) > - Testing, documentation I had one 6-strand direct burial run through as-had 4-inch pvc between two of my buildings about 4 years ago, IIRC, the final price was on the order of $1300 for about a 300m run; terminated in ST boxes at each end I don't recall if he furnished the patches or if we bought them ourselves; I think the latter. They had to split the pipe halfway and put a pullbox in/over. What did they quote you? PS: protip: split those 2+2 instead of 3+1 for better redundancy. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink [email protected] Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA #natog +1 727 647 1274
