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So my brother's house is about 1700 feet off the road...
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:35 am
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:35 am
The only internet option available is 3 MB DSL.. 
Cox wants $20k to build out coax to his house...
He's got 4 teenagers at the house so this is creating some stress in the home for obvious reasons... He also own a building at the street of the property where COX is available today. He has no problem burying some conduit himself. So I'm looking into a fiber run... Is this still too far ? Anyone done this before at this distance ? If possible, what is needed to run fiber that distance through conduit? Won't the weight of the fiber still be a problem ?
Cox wants $20k to build out coax to his house...
He's got 4 teenagers at the house so this is creating some stress in the home for obvious reasons... He also own a building at the street of the property where COX is available today. He has no problem burying some conduit himself. So I'm looking into a fiber run... Is this still too far ? Anyone done this before at this distance ? If possible, what is needed to run fiber that distance through conduit? Won't the weight of the fiber still be a problem ?
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Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:43 am to Zilla
Then do a point to point wireless solution from the building with internet to the house. No need to pull cable.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 10:45 am to broadhead
quote:beat me to it
Then do a point to point wireless solution from the building with internet to the house. No need to pull cable.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:16 am to CAD703X
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Then do a point to point wireless solution from the building with internet to the house. No need to pull cable.
I can't believe Cox doesn't already have this service to offer customers in this situation.
Microtik is my recommended brand for these situations.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:19 am to Tigeralum2008
ditch witch, direct burial coax.
Run it to the road for them. They should put a splice box out there and hook it up
Run it to the road for them. They should put a splice box out there and hook it up
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:28 pm to southern686
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ditch witch, direct burial coax.
Run it to the road for them. They should put a splice box out there and hook it up
We thought about that but figured there were amplifiers and specifications needed that we just don't have.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 12:28 pm to Tigeralum2008
how reliable is the point to point wireless?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:13 pm to Zilla
I had the exact same situation.
I put the cable modem in the building near the road and setup a wireless bridge with 2 Ubiquiti Nanostations. The receiving Nanostation plugs into the router. Works flawlessly with very little loss of bandwidth across the bridge. You have to have line of site, but mine goes through a fair amount of tree with no problem.
I put the cable modem in the building near the road and setup a wireless bridge with 2 Ubiquiti Nanostations. The receiving Nanostation plugs into the router. Works flawlessly with very little loss of bandwidth across the bridge. You have to have line of site, but mine goes through a fair amount of tree with no problem.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:15 pm to southern686
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ditch witch, direct burial coax.
Run it to the road for them. They should put a splice box out there and hook it up
You can't run "normal" coax that far. It will require the much bigger "feeder" line and possibly an amplifier.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:25 pm to BoostAddict
what distance ?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:32 pm to Zilla
Mine is about 1200' but the range according the manufacturer is 5 kilometers.
Ubiquiti...
I have the Loco M2 (the M2 works better through trees). I think they were about $100 for the set and I hat to run about 60' of Cat6 cable from the receiver to the router. That was it... Pretty easy to set up as well.
Ubiquiti...
I have the Loco M2 (the M2 works better through trees). I think they were about $100 for the set and I hat to run about 60' of Cat6 cable from the receiver to the router. That was it... Pretty easy to set up as well.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:32 pm to Zilla
Do the nano stations and be done with it.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 1:46 pm to tke857
excellent, thx guys, I'll bump with an update later
Posted on 1/28/16 at 2:40 pm to Zilla
Get satellite internet connection, should resolve the problem.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 4:12 pm to FreddieMac
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Get satellite internet connection, should resolve the problem.
Satellite internet is absolutely terrible. Point to point is you best solution.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 6:59 pm to Zilla
Not to hijack your thread Zilla but I think I'll be running into a similar situation this summer. We'll be building (along with 2 other family members) about 1200 feet from a main road that Time Warner runs on. However, I won't have another building with the service to put in a point to point system. If we would trench it ourselves do any of you think they would be more willing to run the lines? I'm guessing a lot of the work involves digging the trench?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 8:53 pm to dlmast87
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I'm guessing a lot of the work involves digging the trench?
Digging the trench is the easy part.
Posted on 1/28/16 at 9:32 pm to dlmast87
I'm not sure you will get very good service being 1200 feet off the roadway having cable. Fiber gives you the best shot for Connectivity.
However, is it possible for you to build some kind of small structure by the roadway to house the modem, and point to point equipment?
However, is it possible for you to build some kind of small structure by the roadway to house the modem, and point to point equipment?
Posted on 1/28/16 at 11:04 pm to dlmast87
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Not to hijack your thread Zilla but I think I'll be running into a similar situation this summer. We'll be building (along with 2 other family members) about 1200 feet from a main road that Time Warner runs on. However, I won't have another building with the service to put in a point to point system. If we would trench it ourselves do any of you think they would be more willing to run the lines? I'm guessing a lot of the work involves digging the trench?
Not a chance. You're still looking at some really expensive cable, maybe an amp and dealing with the dickhead cable people. Like XxxSpooky1 said... if it's possible, it would be much cheaper to build a small structure, run power to it and put the modem/transmitter in it. You don't even really need a structure, just a weatherproof enclosure for the modem... oh, and running power to it.
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