[chbot] Willowbank fibre network.

[ceo at andygardner.com]

Hi Daniel,

Given the electric fence, probably best to use fibre.

I have two solutions available:

Single mode G657A2 drop cable - 800m roll & 120m roll.

Single mode blowable duct cable - about 4km IIRC.

The drop cable isn't really suited for outdoors (and the other HAS to be inside a duct) so probably a good idea to tee up a donation of some thin PE irrigation pipe from someone to pull the cable through. How long is the run exactly?

I also don't have any single mode SFP's, only a bunch of multimodes.

I'm intending to install attachments on each end of my 75mm PE water main coming from my 3 phase pump out in a paddock so I can blow the fibre through that to get the network out to the pumphouse which is right beside where my 1st radio shack is being built. But I won't need 4km of fibre.

The only other use I have for it would be to install a cladestine fibre run along 1.2km of Orion power poles back to the local Chorus box in order to get off VDSL.

Cheers,

Andy

On 19/11/19 1:46 pm, Daniel Powell wrote:
> I've recently been assisting Willowbank to form a small local LAN and trench in a new fibre broadband line.
> 
> We've trenched into the main office and laid a section of cat 6 back to a portacom office from the main office. We're looking to enable network coverage over to the Kiwi House from either this portacom or fibre from the main office.
> 
> To this extent the proposed copper runs above ground alongside an electric fence. I was thinking of running optoisolators at either end of copper, however a generous member of this group has offered fibre to the extent that would satisfy this run. I believe this to be a considerably better solution given the noisy environment.
> 
> Willowbank have nobody to currently terminate this internal line. I wondered if there was someone in this group that could volunteer their services, or offer them for material cost to terminate a single run of fibre.
> 
> Given their very limited current network, the run  to the kiwi house would enable video streaming, remote telemetry (with alerts) and data recovery of the incubators, kiwi weights and stop a clear majority of the sneekernet network that is required of the current system.
> 
> Any help appreciated.
> 
> Regards,
> Daniel.
> 
>