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*sigh* I guess, even with the sizable upgrade, nothing is going to compare to a proper full fibre connection to the house :( Maybe one day they'll actually get around to running it.
 
Contempt said:
*sigh* I guess, even with the sizable upgrade, nothing is going to compare to a proper full fibre connection to the house :( Maybe one day they'll actually get around to running it.
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Have you contacted NBN regarding the FTTP upgrade?
 
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After I shut down all local traffic.

I know back in the day ('95) I was running a 7Mb/1Mb ADSL (not the same as DSL) connection (beta testing for MT&T's Mpowered), I was getting solid speeds for North America. It was blazing fast compared to everything else around, faster than at work.

My buddy in Sweden in say... '96 or '97 had a 100Mb/100Mb connection. They were so far ahead of us back then, no clue if NA ever caught up.
 
Contempt said:
Last I looked, they wanted around $25k to run it... which is complete BS.
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Can't speak for everywhere else, but around here it averages about $1k per utiity pole if the ISP has to extend the distribution plant to be able to accommodate a standard household fibre drop.

If you have a super long driveway or are a good distance from the CO or access node, it's probably not bullshit or as far-fetched as you think.
 
Meatspin said:
jesus tittyfucking christ, that is exhorbitant.
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I pulled two 2 1/2" armored fibre cables across the underside of one of our two local bridges.

It took a crew of 6-8 guys with a tugger almost three weeks to pull them and splice it in, and that was us beating install markers. We had to have specialized safety training just to be able to even work under the bridge in the first place.
 
PeterGriffin said:
I pulled two 2 1/2" armored fibre cables across the underside of one of our two local bridges.

It took a crew of 6-8 guys with a tugger almost three weeks to pull them and splice it in, and that was us beating install markers. We had to have specialized safety training just to be able to even work under the bridge in the first place.
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That sounds like a significant amount of work. Forking out 25k to get fibre in a suburb to your house is a completely different proposition.
 
Meatspin said:
That sounds like a significant amount of work. Forking out 25k to get fibre in a suburb to your house is a completely different proposition.
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It literally all depends on the length of the run from your panel to the access node. If you knew that, it would be a whole lot easier to give you a better answer, but if you were quoted $25k that goes way beyond a simple residential fibre household drop. Your quote would have had to include distribution costs too.

Either that or they showed up in a clown car to do the estimate. Did he look like this?


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PeterGriffin said:
It literally all depends on the length of the run from your panel to the access node. If you knew that, it would be a whole lot easier to give you a better answer, but if you were quoted $25k that goes way beyond a simple residential fibre household drop. Your quote would have had to include distribution costs too.

Either that or they showed up in a clown car to do the estimate. Did he look like this?


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Ain’t my house so NFI? Guess reading comprehension isn’t your forte.
 
Meatspin said:
Ain’t my house so NFI? Guess reading comprehension isn’t your forte.
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Apologies, did not realize that I wasn't responding to TS in this case, otherwise I would have used the terms "him" instead of "you".

But the logic still applies. If he explained how far the run was, it would be easier to figure out how it got to a $25k estimate.
 
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