[lug] OT: Medium Area Network

[Glenn Ashton]

If they want a cabled solution, the cost is in laying cable, coredrilling
buildings, etc.  The cost of the wire/fibre becomes trivial compared to
burying pipe for the cables, etc.

Life is about choices.  Your wireless suggestion was probably the
cheapest.  Depending on the density of the buildings and their groupings
and existing telecommunications infrastructure that might be in the
ground, it might be easiest to pull fibre through existing conduit.  Fibre
takes up very little space in a piece of conduit compared to the traffic
it will carry.

Without knowing more it's hard to tell.  It's also hard to tell based on
what jurisdiction they are in, how professional they need the installation
to be, etc.  Lots of things are possible.

-Glenn Ashton

On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, Bill Wimsatt wrote:

> I am wondering if there is any expertise for building a medium area
> network in this group. We are working with a customer who is trying to
> build a network for 65 buildings in a 20 acre area. They do not wan to
> subcontract to AT&T. We have suggested a radio tower and go wireless
> (ala Hummingbird), but they want a cabled solution. Fiber may be too
> expensive (not sure). Possible copper solutions? Suggestions?
>
> BTW, We are going to be running H.323 based Voice application and some
> simple gate controls.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
>