Just out of curiosity, what range of money are we talking about to put in fiber to a given location? I suppose it all depends on distance and "obstacles", but would that be $5,000? $10,000, $50,000? <br><br clear="all">
Tim Champion<br><a href="mailto:timchampion@gmail.com">timchampion@gmail.com</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 1:31 PM, Dave Weis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:djweis@internetsolver.com">djweis@internetsolver.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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There are different parts of Qwest. If you look at the paint on the ground when they do locates the local part of Qwest is labeled as QLN for Qwest Local Network.<br>
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As far as fiber to your home, if you cover the cost, we'll put it wherever you want :-)<br>
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> Subject: Re: [Cialug] Fiber Optics Network Maps...<br>
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</div><div><div></div><div class="h5">> Is that really feasible? When I lived in town there was Qwest<br>
> fiber in the ground in the alley 3 ft from the edge of my<br>
> house. That means it was barely 4ft from my computer... Could<br>
> I get a fiber 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 have<br>
> one going<br>
> > though our town, so you could find a farm close to a UP line...<br>
> > basically when your looking for farms, go around the perimeter<br>
> > (usually by the road) they have warning signs posted, warning of<br>
> > underground fiber... I think I have seen that they run them along<br>
> > rural roads (or that could have been purely telephone)...<br>
> We all know<br>
> > that the companies (Qwest, Mediacom, Verizon, Windstream, INS, etc)<br>
> > all keep the best maps for them selves... Good luck!! Links<br>
> are below<br>
> > of maps:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.iowatelecom.net/images/itc-connect-map.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.iowatelecom.net/images/itc-connect-map.pdf</a> - Iowa Telecom<br>
> > (windstream)<br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.fiberutilities.com/documents/FG_Press_Release_An_In" target="_blank">http://www.fiberutilities.com/documents/FG_Press_Release_An_In</a><br>
> terstate_Fiber_Utility_Whitepaper_021010.pdf - not in place yet...<br>
> > <a href="http://www.icn.state.ia.us/aboutus/images/FIBER%20%28generalized%29%20%" target="_blank">http://www.icn.state.ia.us/aboutus/images/FIBER%20(generalized)%20%</a><br>
> > 20LEASED_CONNECTIONS.pdf - ICN<br>
> ><br>
> <a href="http://www.iowanetworkservices.com/resources/20/iowa_statewide_fiber_m" target="_blank">http://www.iowanetworkservices.com/resources/20/iowa_statewide_fiber_m</a><br>
> > ap.jpg - INS<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="http://www.broadband.gov/maps/availability.htm" target="_blank">http://www.broadband.gov/maps/availability.htm</a> - check this<br>
> too... I'm<br>
> > REALLY surprised about Iowa, since most of the land is rural...<br>
> ><br>
> > I have asked Windstream (Iowa telecom merger) if they have<br>
> 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: <a href="mailto:david@runneals.com">david@runneals.com</a><br>
> > W: <a href="http://runneals.com" target="_blank">runneals.com</a><br>
> > W: <a href="http://wipperman-runneals.com" target="_blank">wipperman-runneals.com</a><br>
> ><br>
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