Re: I am about to inherit 26 miles of dark fiber. What do I do with it?

[Justin Wilson <lists () mtin net>]

+1  There are several guys doing Fiber.  WISPA has workshops and such as
well.

Justin


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On 11/9/14, 10:25 PM, "Faisal Imtiaz" <faisal () 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" <lorell () 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