+1 There are several guys doing Fiber. WISPA has workshops and such as well.
Justin -- Justin Wilson <j...@mtin.net> http://www.mtin.net <http://www.mtin.net/blog> Managed Services xISP Solutions Data Centers http://www.thebrotherswisp.com Podcast about xISP topics http://www.midwest-ix.com Peering Transit Internet Exchange On 11/9/14, 10:25 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <fai...@snappytelecom.net> wrote: >I would suggest that you do some rapid field deployment education in >regards to fiber networks. > >You might consider joining WISPA and or FISPA (two industry >associations), where you have folks building out fiber networks, who are >very willing to share their experience and tell you what is working and >what is not working. > >Working with Dark fiber can be as simple as you like, or as complicated >as you want it to be. However this is one area that it is not un-common >to make things appear a lot more expensive and complicated then what they >have to be... > >Depending on what you are inheriting, and what you have to be responsible >for, I would suggest that you spend some time on the web, local library, >and some of the OSP related publications to get a good understanding of >what is done and why....before just falling for industry jargon. > >I should be fun... :) > >Faisal Imtiaz >Snappy Internet & Telecom > > >----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lorell Hathcock" <lor...@hathcock.org> >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Sent: Sunday, November 9, 2014 9:18:15 PM >> Subject: I am about to inherit 26 miles of dark fiber. What do I do >>with it? >> >> All: >> >> A job opportunity just came my way to work with 26 miles of dark fiber >>in and >> around a city in Texas. >> >> The intent is for me to deliver internet and private network services to >> business customers in this area. >> >> I relish the thought of starting from scratch to build a network right >>from >> the start instead of inheriting and fixing someone else's mess. >> >> That being said, what suggestions does the group have for building a new >> network using existing dark fiber? >> >> MPLS backbone? Like all businesses these days, I will likely have to >>build >> the lit backbone as I add customers. So how would you recommend scaling >>the >> network? >> >> I have six strands of SMF that connect within municipal facilities. >>Each new >> customer will be a new build out from the nearest point. Because of >>having >> only six strands, I don't anticipate selling dark fiber. I believe I >>need to >> conserve fibers so that it would be lit services that I offer to >>customers. >> >> I would like to offer speeds up to 10 GB. >> >> Thoughts are appreciated! >> >> Sincerely, >> >> Lorell Hathcock >