Forum Discussion
AmberH
6 years agoNeighbour
Cost to run a Fibre Line to acreage?
I have read several posts about running a Fibre Line to a large lot of acreage but without any clear answer. We are looking to purchase a 50+ acre lot in the next 1-2 years in Rural Alberta. I am t...
NFtoBC
Community Power User
6 years agoIt’s not just the distance to the road, there is also the distance to the utility box where the nearest fibre node is located. Even in locations where the fibre is at the road, Telus will not necessarily offer FTTH to customers, as it is not cost effective to install all the infrastructure to serve the small number of customers who can physically be reached from the terminal (utility box). Usually, multiple instances of 32 customers would be fed from a single Fibre.