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Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video] by jaredmauch on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @09:52PM (#24428118)
Wireless is a great solution when there is spectrum available. If you have access to low band frequencies as the cellular companies do you can blast through trees, walls, etc.

Even with that they need fiber to their towers to provide the speeds necessary

Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video] by flas9sd on Thursday September 10, 2020 @03:41PM (#24435783)
had upgrading the bandwidth of the already present RF link or doing a microwave ptp link on your own any part in your prior research?
Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video] by jaredmauch on Thursday September 10, 2020 @06:01PM (#24436999)
Yes, there's no suitable spectrum available to towers due to topography, etc..

I might have to build towers at both ends to run in a licensed range, eg: 11Ghz, and even there there's not good access. So I might still have to pay 20-60k to get access on top of the 5-10k for radios and registration of the licensed link. That easily builds 1-1.5 miles of fiber, and since I was just over 2 miles away from it, it became easier to just do that and have something reliable.

Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video] by flas9sd on Friday September 11, 2020 @11:20AM (#24443766)
thank you for explaining the rationale behind your decision and taking the time for the AMA
Re:Getting Fiber to My Town [video] by jaredmauch on Friday September 11, 2020 @02:40PM (#24445974)
No problem, you're asking to see photos of my baby, I can talk about my baby all day :-)