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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...
polecat
6 years agoAll-Star
AmberH Your best way to find out about fiber. Check out nearest town and see if they have it what coverage area it has. Just because the poles have tel wires on them doesn't mean there is fiber in on them or plowed in along the fence line.Existing underground is expensive to join into. A little substation just for you costly and never mind running a pole line or plowing in the fiber to your location. Timing of fiber network expansion is something only telus knows and doesn't release the info until the year they are doing it. If nearest town has no fiber what year would be a wild guess.