[175980] in North American Network Operators' Group
I am about to inherit 26 miles of dark fiber. What do I do with it?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lorell Hathcock)
Mon Nov 10 04:44:36 2014
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From: Lorell Hathcock <lorell@hathcock.org>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2014 20:18:15 -0600
To: "nanog@nanog.org " <nanog@nanog.org>
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All:
A job opportunity just came my way to work with 26 miles of dark fiber in an=
d around a city in Texas.=20
The intent is for me to deliver internet and private network services to bus=
iness customers in this area.=20
I relish the thought of starting from scratch to build a network right from t=
he start instead of inheriting and fixing someone else's mess.=20
That being said, what suggestions does the group have for building a new net=
work using existing dark fiber?
MPLS backbone? Like all businesses these days, I will likely have to build t=
he lit backbone as I add customers. So how would you recommend scaling the n=
etwork?
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 o=
nly six strands, I don't anticipate selling dark fiber. I believe I need to c=
onserve fibers so that it would be lit services that I offer to customers.=20=
I would like to offer speeds up to 10 GB.=20
Thoughts are appreciated!
Sincerely,
Lorell Hathcock=
