muni L1 example (WAS: Re: Muni fiber: L1 or L2?)

[John Osmon <josmon () rigozsaurus com>]

On Sun, Feb 03, 2013 at 09:04:43AM -0800, Leo Bicknell wrote:
[...]
> People are doing this, and it does work, it's just being done in
> locations the big telcos and cablecos have written off...

To re-iterate this point, and get a note into the archives -- Muni
networks *can* work.

Idaho Falls, ID has been offering dark fiber strands to anyone since
2007 or so:
    http://www.ifcirca.net/

When I last had network in the area, the cost was on the order of:
   - $1500/month/loop
   - $20/bldg on loop
   - one-time construction costs