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Re:Ask HN: Advice on bringing community broadband to Los Ala... by mike_d on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:09AM (#28574099)
The average here in the US is $15,000 for 24 strand and $27,000 for burial per mile. However the area in question is full of historical areas and protected land that limits the fiber run to the most indirect path possible following a highway.
Re:Ask HN: Advice on bringing community broadband to Los Ala... by southerntofu on Monday September 20, 2021 @05:41AM (#28591892)
Wow, that's a lot of money. I must admit i don't know about commercial fiber deployment so these numbers blow my mind. But from what i saw for the costs in big french cities (where there are established underground networks to pass cables) and french countryside (where you just use a tractor to dig "for free" on the border of a peasant's field) that sounds very expensive.

To my knowledge, all french highways and major railways are also already populated with fiber so you can just rent some point-to-point transit there from established operators without having to lay your own.

Good luck with this project keep us updated