1. Poor Man’s Fiber Network
Welcome to FISPALIVE
Nashville 2014
Poor Man’s Fiber Network
By: Chuck Hogg Shelby Broadband

2. Introduction Chuck Hogg President, Shelby Broadband
WISPA President and Board Member
An ISP since April 2006
Largest WISP in Kentucky, covering from Southern Indiana to east of Lexington with over 140 sites serving customers
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3. How did we figure it out?
Attended nearly every fiber session I could at tradeshows
Visited other ISP’s that we felt were leaders in our industry
Jason Hunt, Hunt Brothers Telecom
Chuck McCown, Wireless Beehive/Beehive Broadband
Reviewed multiple locations in our existing service area and began planning
Became a CLEC (right of ways)
FOA Handbook
School of Hard Knocks, we did 3.1 miles over a couple months on the first project; we just finished 2 miles in 2 weeks on our last project
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4. Supporting Equipment 2 Forklifts ($13k) Air Compressor ($5k)
2 Missiles ($2k)
Cabinets ($6k)
Fitel Fusion Splicer ($6k)
Corning Ribbon Fusion Splicer ($4k)
Condux Fiber Blower/Pusher ($7k)
Double Reel Trailer ($1,250)
Ditch With JT922 ($60k)
Ditch Witch 4010 ($4k)
Splicing Trailer ($13k)
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5. ShelbyBB FTTH Project Our First Deployment 18k feet
72 lots with 54+ Homes
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6. ShelbyBB FTTH Project Vaults (17 at $170ea, $2,890)
3M Splice Cases on eBay (30 at $25ea, $750)
8k’ 6 Strand Drop Cable for service drops ($1,600)
40k’ 1-1/4” SDR HDPE Conduit ($12,800)
11k’ Armored 72 Strand Ribbon ($6,930)
6k’ Armored 96 Strand Ribbon ($4,290)
1.5k’ Armored 24 Strand Ribbon ($660)
10k’ Toneable Flat Drop 4 Strand ($1,190)
And many other small accessories and items
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7. ShelbyBB FTTH Project
Total cost including labor to install single 1-1/4” duct $6,000 per mile
Total cost with installation of the fiber $5,800 per mile
Ground Remediation Costs $1,200 per mile
Utility damage costs $500 per mile
Vault installation $1,000 per mile
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8. ShelbyBB FTTH Project Fiber splicing and preparation $1000 per mile
Project management and planning $1,000 per mile
Miscellaneous costs $1,000 per mile
Total cost per mile estimated at $17,600 per mile
No costs were included for machines or maintenance, but we did include diesel
In this project, we had approximately $5,000 in repairs due to bad/old equipment, but newer equipment had $800 in repairs.
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9. ShelbyBB FTTH Project
Served by High Capacity 24GHz AirFiber (750Mbit Full Duplex) 2 miles from our facility
Actual cost of infrastructure $58k
Planet Technology Metro-E Switch $800
RouterBoard 2011 for CPE $100
Average cost of install $500
Installation revenue $300
Expected yearly net revenue of $22k
Break-even point approximately 3-4 years
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10. ShelbyBB FTTH Project
The 1st with Fiber WINS!
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11. Questions?