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From: lrogers@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Larry Rogers)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: How to estimate costs for Fiber install
Message-ID: <8300@oasys.dt.navy.mil>
Date: 10 Jun 91 14:50:27 GMT
Reply-To: lrogers@oasys.dt.navy.mil (Larry Rogers)
Organization: David Taylor Research Center, Bethesda, MD
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Hi,

Does anyone have ballpark measures for estimating the cost of a fiber
installation for a campus environment?  I would really appreciate e-mail from
someone who has recently had fiber installed to replace coax.  I imagine 
we would use FDDI

A general idea of $/foot for :

Existing conduit pulls
 
New Conduit in open space

Between buildings in existing cable trough

How much does the installation/splicer-fuser equipment cost?

How much are stand-alone repeaters


Can existing coax in a conduit be replaced with fiber? 

Again, rough estimates and how accurate they were (if you're not 
embarassed :) ) would be greatly appreciated!


Also any pointers to trade magazine articles, especially Data Comm. and Network
Management, or book references would be great.

Larry Rogers  lrogers@dt.navy.mil