Download - Poor Mans Fiber Network By: Chuck Hogg Shelby Broadband Welcome to FISPALIVE Nashville 2014
Poor Man’s Fiber Network
By:
Chuck HoggShelby Broadband
Welcome to FISPALIVENashville 2014
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Introduction
Chuck Hogg
• President, Shelby Broadband• WISPA President and Board Member• An ISP since April 2006• Largest WISP in Kentucky, covering from Southern
Indiana to east of Lexington with over 140 sites serving 3500+ customers
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How did we figure it out?
– Attended nearly every fiber session I could at tradeshows– Visited other ISP’s that we felt were leaders in our industry
• Jason Hunt, Hunt Brothers Telecom• Chuck McCown, Wireless Beehive/Beehive Broadband
– Reviewed multiple locations in our existing service area and began planning
– Became a CLEC (right of ways)– FOA Handbook– School of Hard Knocks, we did 3.1 miles over a couple months
on the first project; we just finished 2 miles in 2 weeks on our last project
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Supporting Equipment
– 2 Forklifts ($13k)– Air Compressor ($5k)– 2 Missiles ($2k)– Cabinets ($6k)– Fitel Fusion Splicer ($6k)– Corning Ribbon Fusion Splicer ($4k)– Condux Fiber Blower/Pusher ($7k)– Double Reel Trailer ($1,250)– Ditch With JT922 ($60k)– Ditch Witch 4010 ($4k)– Splicing Trailer ($13k)
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
Our First Deployment– 18k feet– 72 lots with 54+ Homes
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
– Vaults (17 at $170ea, $2,890)– 3M Splice Cases on eBay (30 at $25ea, $750)– 8k’ 6 Strand Drop Cable for service drops ($1,600)– 40k’ 1-1/4” SDR HDPE Conduit ($12,800)– 11k’ Armored 72 Strand Ribbon ($6,930)– 6k’ Armored 96 Strand Ribbon ($4,290)– 1.5k’ Armored 24 Strand Ribbon ($660)– 10k’ Toneable Flat Drop 4 Strand ($1,190)– And many other small accessories and items
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
– Total cost including labor to install single 1-1/4” duct $6,000 per mile
– Total cost with installation of the fiber $5,800 per mile
– Ground Remediation Costs $1,200 per mile– Utility damage costs $500 per mile– Vault installation $1,000 per mile
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
– Fiber splicing and preparation $1000 per mile– Project management and planning $1,000 per
mile– Miscellaneous costs $1,000 per mile– Total cost per mile estimated at $17,600 per mile– No costs were included for machines or
maintenance, but we did include diesel– In this project, we had approximately $5,000 in
repairs due to bad/old equipment, but newer equipment had $800 in repairs.
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
– Served by High Capacity 24GHz AirFiber (750Mbit Full Duplex) 2 miles from our facility
– Actual cost of infrastructure $58k– Planet Technology Metro-E Switch $800– RouterBoard 2011 for CPE $100– Average cost of install $500– Installation revenue $300– Expected yearly net revenue of $22k– Break-even point approximately 3-4 years
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ShelbyBB FTTH Project
The 1st with Fiber WINS!