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ExcerptsAndCitations t1_isq8199 wrote

Reply to comment by jthomas9999 in Comcast wanted $210,000 for Internet—so this man helped expand a co-op fiber ISP | Fed up with Comcast and AT&T, Silicon Valley residents started their own network. by chrisdh79

Even when they don't have to upgrade the landscaping, underground trenching and installation costs about $60k-$100k per mile in the US, and probably more in California. If you have to directional bore, you're looking at $400k per mile to start. If you have to go through bedrock, you're better off cancelling the entire project.

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ExcerptsAndCitations t1_isq7ron wrote

Reply to comment by chibi-totoro in Comcast wanted $210,000 for Internet—so this man helped expand a co-op fiber ISP | Fed up with Comcast and AT&T, Silicon Valley residents started their own network. by chrisdh79

I live in Flyover Country USA, just outside a small town of ~30k. With the 2009 Broadband Act money, trunk fiber was installed along my property line in 2018, and I was able to get the local fiber ISP to connect me. The nearest vault was about 1/8th mile away from my front yard.

For the low, low Homie Hookup price of $7,000 in trenching and dirt work out of my own pocket and $135/month for the next three years, I was able to get 50 Mbps internet.

The alternative was dialup from CenturyLink.

People who don't work in telecom or outside plant construction have no idea what it really costs to install infrastructure.

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