[HN Gopher] Neighbors built 10Gbit fiber-optic network after att...
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       Neighbors built 10Gbit fiber-optic network after attempted
       extortion by Comcast
        
       Author : nixass
       Score  : 60 points
       Date   : 2022-11-27 18:31 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.mercurynews.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.mercurynews.com)
        
       | extasia wrote:
       | Paywalled, post a way back links pls
        
         | kencausey wrote:
         | At least in Firefox if you hit the Reader mode button fast
         | enough (you have a few seconds before the paywall rises) you at
         | least get what I believe to be the full text.
        
           | squarefoot wrote:
           | Or install the "Bypass Paywalls" extension.
           | 
           | https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome
           | 
           | (URL says Chrome but you'll find the Firefox extension there
           | as well)
        
         | bacchusracine wrote:
         | Try this instead:
         | 
         | https://archive.ph/q6FG8
        
       | lizardactivist wrote:
       | I love stuff like this. People sticking it to the man after being
       | victims of abusive business tactics for years, if not decades.
        
       | killingtime74 wrote:
       | Hardware costs are coming down, hopefully this will be more and
       | more prevalent.
        
       | rayiner wrote:
       | Is $11,000 to extend the network "extortionate?" Skilled labor is
       | hella expensive. An electrician just quoted me over $3,000 to run
       | a new 30 amp circuit from my basement to my attic. And I'm not
       | even in a high COL area. I am wondering how much these folks
       | ultimately invested in the network.
        
         | toomuchtodo wrote:
         | I just had overhead electrical service replaced with 480V
         | underground, 200 feet of trenching in the Midwest, $5k out the
         | door. Licensed electrician and utility sign off. (Upgrades to
         | support dual EV charging, 10kw solar, and electrifying the
         | entire ~50 year old property).
         | 
         | Having had to coordinate service extensions by Comcast for a
         | business in the near west Chicago suburbs about a decade ago,
         | $11k isn't _bad_ (because skilled tradespeople at a
         | subcontractor are going to be on a pole or running cable
         | underground) but a neighborhood can do better if they're
         | willing to buy the fiber and do the labor themselves. Having
         | done some directional boring for utility runs on a property in
         | Maine, it's straightforward.
         | 
         | Obligatory Jared Mauch reference:
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24424910
         | 
         | Something similar in rural northern Britain:
         | https://b4rn.org.uk/
         | 
         | https://b4rn.org.uk/community/volunteers/
        
           | rayiner wrote:
           | It looks like hookups are $5-10k per house for the Los Altos
           | Hills community fiber network: https://www.losaltoshills.ca.g
           | ov/ArchiveCenter/ViewFile/Item.... Monthly fee is $155/month
           | to start, going down to $60/month when it hits 300+ users.
           | The economics of that totally checks out. As I recall, the
           | municipal fiber in Stockholm uses a similar model with large
           | ip front per house hookup fee. Most US municipalities also
           | use this model for water and sewer.
        
         | dualboot wrote:
         | Less than you're probably thinking. Micro-trenching fiber is
         | pretty damned inexpensive these days.
        
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