<div id="_htmlarea_default_style_" style="font:10pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Way back in the early days of the
commercial Internet ('93/94-ish), a guy I knew in the Twin Cities expanded a BBS to an ISP. He was fortunate
enough to find a house which shared a property line with a (then) US West CO, took out a section of the basement wall
and got them to run copper bundles from the CO to the house for dial-up. Place was cool to tour.<br><br>And before
anyone asks, I can't remember if the house was for sale by serendipity or he just made them an offer they couldn't
refuse.<br><br><br>On Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:31:40 +0000<br> Josh More <MoreJ@alliancetechnologies.net>
wrote:<br>> You could arrange an accident.<br>> <br>> Then, say "well, if there's a break in there anyway, why
<br>>not hook me in when you fix it".<br>> <br>> :)<br>> <br>> -Josh More, CISSP, GIAC-GSLC, GIAC-GCIH,
RHCE, NCLP<br>> morej@alliancetechnologies.net<br>> 515-245-7701<br>> <br>> ________________________________________<br>>From:
cialug-bounces@cialug.org <br>>[cialug-bounces@cialug.org] on behalf of Dave Hala Jr <br>>[dave@58ghz.net]<br>>
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 13:27<br>> To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group<br>> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Fiber
Optics Network Maps...<br>> <br>> Is that really feasible? When I lived in town there was <br>>Qwest fiber
in<br>> the ground in the alley 3 ft from the edge of my house. <br>>That means it<br>> was barely 4ft from my
computer... Could I get a fiber <br>>to my house? No.<br>> In fact, Qwest thought my even asking was
amusing.<br>> <br>> :) Dave<br>> <br>> On Wed, 2010-07-21 at 12:33 -0500, David Runneals wrote:<br>>>
@jim I know Qwest runs fiber along UP rail lines... we <br>>>have one going<br>>> though our town, so you
could find a farm close to a UP <br>>>line...<br>>> basically when your looking for farms, go around the
<br>>>perimeter<br>>> (usually by the road) they have warning signs posted, <br>>>warning
of<br>>> underground fiber... I think I have seen that they run <br>>>them along<br>>> rural roads (or
that could have been purely <br>>>telephone)... We all know<br>>> that the companies (Qwest, Mediacom,
Verizon, <br>>>Windstream, INS, etc)<br>>> all keep the best maps for them selves... Good luck!!
<br>>>Links are below<br>>> of maps:<br>>><br>>> http://www.iowatelecom.net/images/itc-connect-map.pdf
- <br>>>Iowa Telecom<br>>> (windstream)<br>>> http://www.fiberutilities.com/documents/FG_Press_Release_An_Interstate_Fiber_Utility_Whitepaper_021010.pdf
<br>>>- not in place yet...<br>>> http://www.icn.state.ia.us/aboutus/images/FIBER%20(generalized)%20%<br>>>
20LEASED_CONNECTIONS.pdf - ICN<br>>> http://www.iowanetworkservices.com/resources/20/iowa_statewide_fiber_map.jpg
<br>>>- INS<br>>><br>>> http://www.broadband.gov/maps/availability.htm - check <br>>>this too...
I'm<br>>> REALLY surprised about Iowa, since most of the land is <br>>>rural...<br>>><br>>> I
have asked Windstream (Iowa telecom merger) if they <br>>>have a detailed<br>>> map of their connections in
Iowa... I'm surprised there <br>>>isn't a better<br>>> one for the public...<br>>><br>>><br>>>
David Runneals<br>>> E: david@runneals.com<br>>> W: runneals.com<br>>> W:
wipperman-runneals.com<br>>><br>>> Please consider your environmental responsibility before
<br>>>printing this<br>>> e-mail.<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>>
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