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Just a reminder: the FCC is set to hold an auction in 2015, which
presumably could open up more unlicensed frequencies, thus boosting
WiFi innovation. Hopefully, this will be an opportunity to allow
the public to tackle the State control of the airwaves we, the
public, own. Minnesota has infrastructure between rest stops along
its' highways, fiber throughout much of its' university system, all
neatly tucked away from public use. It wouldn't be nearly as
expensive as the numbers Ryan is contributing to the discussion to
effectively create community based wifi networks which are robust
and managed by the residents of each community. Am I whistling at
windmills?<br>
Tom<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/26/2014 06:34 PM, Ryan Coleman
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<div class="">On Dec 26, 2014, at 5:24 PM, Justin Krejci <<a
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Where are you getting your odds from? And what do you
mean by "outer areas" exactly? Outside of the 494/694
loop?<br class="">
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<div class="">In order to have this happen there are MANY
working parts to consider:</div>
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<div class="">1) USI needs to have trunk capabilities. And
right of way. Major roads are out of the question — Take a
look at the coverage maps and see that Lyndale is not the
main run through South Minneapolis which means I can never
get fiber from them</div>
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<div class="">2) To keep the cost low USI needs to own the
fiber. In the suburbs your best options today (and for many
years to come) are owned by CenturyLink. I can get USI fiber
in the burbs with a CL primary for about 10x the price of
USI in Minneapolis.</div>
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<div class="">3) The cost to bury fiber is about $100/foot if
you cannot directly bury the conduit. If you can dig and
cover it’s about $10/foot (our termination point was about
1,800 feet from the building). </div>
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<div class="">The benefits and profits do not outweigh the
costs for the production. So either USI leases cable from
CenturyLink or Level3 - and that cost will be passed on to
the customers. In the city USI has already seen a positive
return and is likely going to turn a profit on the trenching
in the next 5-10 years, but going from a hub to, say,
Burnsville? My commute to Burnsville is 12 miles each day…
If they have to use a DitchWitch™ the whole way that could
easily cost more than $5,000,000. Can they turn that + the
branch routes out of Burnsville in 10 years? Maybe, but
that’s really a tall order. Not to mention the capital cost
of the hardware - these switches at the distribution point
are very expensive.</div>
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<div class="">There’s a reason the Minneapolis WiFi project
took off and succeed as quickly as it did: the general cost
to product a pole node and connection back to the hub was
about $4500 each. A little more or less depending on the
link type (copper, fiber or radio) and then have a radio
technician come back after the hardware is installed and lit
up (powered) to tweak any settings if needed.</div>
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<p class="">On 25.12.2014 14:02, Ryan Coleman wrote:</p>
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10GBE; We’ve had 1GBE in the city for almost 5 years
now.
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<div class="">Odds are the outer areas won’t get
serviced simply due to cost - my last job had a quote
for $20,000 to get 1GBE service to our office in
Cottage Grove - and we had the school district
literally across the highway.</div>
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<div class="">On Dec 25, 2014, at 1:39 PM, Saul
Alanis <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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<div class="">I am surprised this hasn't been
mentioned on the list:<br class="">
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class="">http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_27194397/u-s-internet-rolls-out-faster-service-minneapolis</a></div>
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<div class="">A while back I heard the story
on MPR how Google fiber attracts
entrepreneurs springing up shops like the
kcstartupvillage in KC.<br class="">
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<div class="">TBH, I am quite tired of Comcast
and hoping the City of Burnsville/Dakota
County will get their act together and join
the 21st century.</div>
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