Total Obliv
join:2006-06-28
Hattiesburg, MS
| [Connectivity] Comcast broadband could be 413 feet away...
I've been REALLY, REALLY wanting to ditch the whole satellite/wireless rural broadband fiasco. I think I finally found an opportunity with comcast, but, then again, I'm in a rural part of Mississippi. Here's why I believe that there is a potential I could get broadband:
1. There is a small business (in a relatively populated area of a four-lane highway) that has cable.
2. This business is about .4 miles from a two-lane highway, which has several residential buildings by it, and a newly-constructed command center for a power company.
3. About .8 miles down from where the two-lane highway connects to the four-lane highway, the rural road from which my driveway is on connects (note, the power company's command center is at this junction).
4. My driveway is about 2.1 miles from that junction. This rural road has many residents living on it, and even a homestead of a relative who owns a good-sized small business (but it's by no means suburban, but I'd say there are enough houses there for the cable to be profitable).
5. My house is 413 feet from where the driveway connects to the rural road.
5. There are marker posts that say "Caution, buried copper or fiber-optic wire". Which go down the four-lane highway, by the small business' place. A few more go down the two lane highway, and by the rural road. I see a few of these same posts go down the rural road as well.
Now, it really sucks to have cable be so close, yet be out of reach. Comcast says my address does not have cable, but it doesn't say that I could be 413 feet from having high speed internet. What can I do? I have no idea how to talk to a Comcast representative and get cable extended down my drive. The customer service only looks at the same availability finder that I used - useless...
I imagine that laying cable would not be terribly expensive. I've heard prices anywhere from one to thirty five dollars per meter (worst case scenario), but I probably could do it myself or get the local business to do it. I'm not sure how that would work with Comcast, though... |
|
DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX | It might be possible but only If comcast wants to
plus at that leanth I think they would have to put up 2 or more pedestals in addition to the cable itsself |
|
EG
The wings of love
Premium
join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ
| said by DarkLogix  :It might be possible but only If comcast wants to plus at that leanth I think they would have to put up 2 or more pedestals in addition to the cable itsself I've heard of subs paying for plant extensions.
By pedestals do you mean amplified *Line Extenders* ? |
|
DarkLogix
join:2008-10-23
Baytown, TX
 ·Comcast Workplace
·Comcast
| said by EG :said by DarkLogix :It might be possible but only If comcast wants to plus at that leanth I think they would have to put up 2 or more pedestals in addition to the cable itsself I've heard of subs paying for plant extensions. By pedestals do you mean amplified *Line Extenders* ? Yes I think so |
|
swhitney2003
I can't drive 55.
Premium
join:2003-06-13
NH
clubs: 
 ·Skype
 ·Verizon Wireless B..
·Comcast
| reply to Total Obliv
I have a friend out in the middle of no where. Comcast doesn't have any lines going down his road, but to the one it intersects with. In order for Comcast to think about deploying enough people on that road had to tell/request Comcast to provide service. Usually paying for Comcast to roll out to your premises is expensive, especially if poles are put in (I think it is like $7k a pole to put in). |
|
CableTool
Poorly Representing MYSELF.
Premium
join:2004-11-12
| reply to Total Obliv
said by Total Obliv :5. My house is 413 feet from where the driveway connects to the rural road. 5. There are marker posts that say "Caution, buried copper or fiber-optic wire". Which go down the four-lane highway, by the small business' place. A few more go down the two lane highway, and by the rural road. I see a few of these same posts go down the rural road as well. Now, it really sucks to have cable be so close, yet be out of reach. Comcast says my address does not have cable, but it doesn't say that I could be 413 feet from having high speed internet. Having Fiber run down the road really is nothing close to having cable installed at your residence. There is really nothing they can do realisticaly with the fiber to get one person cable. They would have to pop a node in just to feed you. When typically now Nodes average about 440 homes serviced on Comcasts network and have about 50-60% penetration rate of Homes Passed Vs Homes Subscribed. Which fuzzy math would mean passing about 1k possible subscribers.
Your best bet is to go to your local village hall and check out the franchise agreement. There might be something in there stating that Comcast has to offer you service if you are X feet away or in an area with X amount of possible customers. Just hope that in your state there is no statewide Franchise in place which makes most that those "customer friendly provisions" null and void. THANKS VERIZON!
--
CableTechs.org/"Horrible People with Integrity" |
|
rody_44
Premium
join:2004-02-20
Quakertown, PA
·Comcast
| reply to Total Obliv
also just because fiber is along the highway does not mean that it belongs to comcast. might not even belong to your local telephone company. no at$t around here. but we have a fiber line that belongs to at$t down the street. i was told its a major back bone fiber link that spans the whole northeast side of the country. |
|
Total Obliv
join:2006-06-28
Hattiesburg, MS
| Went to comcast local office today. Rep' there confirmed that they do not service the area I was mentioning. I had a map printed up for them, so it's definitive that it's not Comcast's cable after all.
INB4 mod obliterates topic (or hopefully moves).
Perhaps a local ISP owns it, or it could be a T1/T3 line, as the local business in my area might have that.
Oh, and, thanks for the help guys. It's informative for non-Comcast cable as well  . |
|
