Fibre internet at a remote place?

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 9:23 AM

I have been property searching for a while now and I am looking for a rural property with decent internet - preferably ADSL, but it is very hard to find any.

I came across this property:

http://www.realestate.com.au/propert...ithgow-7299835

This property is in the Wolgan Valley which is at least 30km from town, yet it says it has fibre optic cable connection?

I'm just wondering.. is this possible to get fibre installed pretty much anywhere if you have enough money? Ie if money is not a concern (you are willing to pay in the thousands or tens of thousands?) Most properties I look at, have either no ADSL or are miles away from the nearest Telstra 3G tower etc and would have pretty bad internet overall - so if you had lots of money to spend can you get fibre? If so how would you go about this?

Or is fibre that far out in the sticks just not possible? And that auction ad is lying?

FiShy · 9th May 2012, 9:47 AM

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Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX

I'm just wondering.. is this possible to get fibre installed pretty much anywhere if you have enough money?

Yes, anywhere.

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 9:54 AM

Ok so how does one go about this? HOw much does it cost? Do you absolutely have to be a business?

FiShy · 9th May 2012, 9:58 AM

Call up someone who has fibre(Telstra, optus, uecomm, nextgen) and get a quote.

Don't be surprised if its a rather large number and that they will lock you in to a silly contract that has a costly per mb charge.

Gecko · 9th May 2012, 9:58 AM

If you're willing to spend the $$, you can have fibre from anywhere to anywhere.

30+km of fibre would not come cheap though.

bcann · 9th May 2012, 10:15 AM

telstra were going to charge us (mining company) $500K for a 15KM run of fibre, through some mostly tough terrain, but there were too many engineers involved who did or didn't want it to go where telstra said they were going to put it so it got canned.

evilasdeath · 9th May 2012, 10:54 AM

Given the location of the site it would be very unlikely that there is fibre there for consumer use to provide internet.

What they might mean is the site has got fibre around within the site, which while can be expensive is not outside the realm of possibilities.

Probably something that is best asked to the real estate agent.

As for any Consumer Fibre internet apart from the NBN and some of the Telstra greenfield sites there isn't much consumer fibre available. And paying to get it installed is prohibitively expensive if its not providing it to an entire neighborhood.

Draco32 · 9th May 2012, 10:58 AM

I work at a Carrier that has fibre in Lithgow, if you have the money a build is definitely possible. we're talking about 25k a kilometre here though.

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 11:10 AM

Yeh just emailed the agent to ask what it is for.... if it provides internet. Will see what he says....

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by bcann

telstra were going to charge us (mining company) $500K for a 15KM run of fibre, through some mostly tough terrain, but there were too many engineers involved who did or didn't want it to go where telstra said they were going to put it so it got canned.

Ok well that's a bit out of my price range

Draco32 · 9th May 2012, 11:38 AM

Do you jsut want internet?

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 11:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Draco32

Do you jsut want internet?

Yes correct.

Pugs · 9th May 2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX

Yes correct.

is NBn Satilite or 3g an option or are yu wanting to download the entire internet? ther eis a thread here that has a good set up posted with in it as an option..

Have a look at this thread: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh....php?t=1027188

more so this post: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...0&postcount=29

Primüs · 9th May 2012, 12:05 PM

It is very possible that the install may have been cheapish for this property, as a major carrier haul may come close to the land. The house seems to have a lot of extra's though so it seems it was built/owned by someone quite wealthy.

If it says Fibre Optic cable connection, I would assume its for internet connectivity, and you'd simply need a quote from whoever owns it. We are talking thousands of dollars a month though just for 20/20mbit, most likely. And that would be on a 1-3 year contract.

XxDeadlyxX · 9th May 2012, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Pugs

is NBn Satilite or 3g an option or are yu wanting to download the entire internet? ther eis a thread here that has a good set up posted with in it as an option..

Have a look at this thread: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh....php?t=1027188

more so this post: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...0&postcount=29

I want to be able to do online gaming.

So satellite is out.

3G... well gaming on that is not that great... even at close distances to towers (I have tried where I am currently living). 4G is better I presume? But 4G is not exactly available at many places... espeically not many rural areas, and getting a 4G signal over hills ain't gunna happen from what I read... even with crazy good antennas...so not very practical if you are living in hilly areas or anywhere far from town.

9th May 2012, 9:23 AM	#1
XxDeadlyxX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 944	Fibre internet at a remote place? I have been property searching for a while now and I am looking for a rural property with decent internet - preferably ADSL, but it is very hard to find any. I came across this property: http://www.realestate.com.au/propert...ithgow-7299835 This property is in the Wolgan Valley which is at least 30km from town, yet it says it has fibre optic cable connection? I'm just wondering.. is this possible to get fibre installed pretty much anywhere if you have enough money? Ie if money is not a concern (you are willing to pay in the thousands or tens of thousands?) Most properties I look at, have either no ADSL or are miles away from the nearest Telstra 3G tower etc and would have pretty bad internet overall - so if you had lots of money to spend can you get fibre? If so how would you go about this? Or is fibre that far out in the sticks just not possible? And that auction ad is lying? __________________ Main PC [Core i7 3770k @ 4.7GHz] [Gigabyte Z77X-UP7] [4x eVGA GTX 680 Classified 4GB Quad SLI] [8GB G.skill Ripjaws 2666mhz] [Coolermaster HAF X NVIDIA Edition] [Yamakasi Catleap Q270 2B @ 96hz] [Enermax MaxRevo 1500w] [Gigaworks S750 7.1] [Windows 8] unRAID server [Core i7 920 @ 4GHz] [Gigabyte X58-UD7] [6GB DDR3] [TT Armor+] [Dell U2211H] [Silverstone 750w] [5x 4TB HDD's and slowly building]

9th May 2012, 9:54 AM	#3
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9th May 2012, 11:10 AM	#9
XxDeadlyxX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 944	Yeh just emailed the agent to ask what it is for.... if it provides internet. Will see what he says.... __________________ Main PC [Core i7 3770k @ 4.7GHz] [Gigabyte Z77X-UP7] [4x eVGA GTX 680 Classified 4GB Quad SLI] [8GB G.skill Ripjaws 2666mhz] [Coolermaster HAF X NVIDIA Edition] [Yamakasi Catleap Q270 2B @ 96hz] [Enermax MaxRevo 1500w] [Gigaworks S750 7.1] [Windows 8] unRAID server [Core i7 920 @ 4GHz] [Gigabyte X58-UD7] [6GB DDR3] [TT Armor+] [Dell U2211H] [Silverstone 750w] [5x 4TB HDD's and slowly building]

9th May 2012, 12:05 PM	#14
Primüs Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Coffs Harbour, NSW Posts: 2,712	It is very possible that the install may have been cheapish for this property, as a major carrier haul may come close to the land. The house seems to have a lot of extra's though so it seems it was built/owned by someone quite wealthy. If it says Fibre Optic cable connection, I would assume its for internet connectivity, and you'd simply need a quote from whoever owns it. We are talking thousands of dollars a month though just for 20/20mbit, most likely. And that would be on a 1-3 year contract. __________________ I has blog!

9th May 2012, 9:58 AM	#5
Gecko Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Sydney Posts: 2,722	If you're willing to spend the $$, you can have fibre from anywhere to anywhere. 30+km of fibre would not come cheap though.

9th May 2012, 10:54 AM	#7
evilasdeath Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,841	Given the location of the site it would be very unlikely that there is fibre there for consumer use to provide internet. What they might mean is the site has got fibre around within the site, which while can be expensive is not outside the realm of possibilities. Probably something that is best asked to the real estate agent. As for any Consumer Fibre internet apart from the NBN and some of the Telstra greenfield sites there isn't much consumer fibre available. And paying to get it installed is prohibitively expensive if its not providing it to an entire neighborhood.