Hmm...are you sure? Think about the price of a mile of fiber. Then the cost to h...

dboreham on Aug 8, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Give Rural America Broadband? Look to the E...

Hmm...are you sure? Think about the price of a mile of fiber. Then the cost to have it hung on existing poles (which will need specialized trucks and workers certified to work on live power poles) then the cost to have it spliced. Finally the cost to turn up the connection, terminate the fiber. I'm not sure about 10's of K, but I'd be surprised if this will cost less than $10k total even if done on the cheap (cable from eBay etc).

amazon_not on Aug 8, 2016 [–]

$10k isn't even close. It's more like $20-40k per mile all in plus pole attachment fees. On top of that you then pay for service.