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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 :-)