Tales of the Chat

**jaeger** · February 5th, 2005, 02:48 AM

<WDGuest385> is there a way i can share internet across the road using copper cable
<asm> why not
<Salmon> hehe
<WDGuest385> how please, some site on how?
<Salmon> 385
<WDGuest385> yes
<Salmon> you serious about laying cable across the road?
<jaeger> 385
<jaeger> how far to the place you are sharing?
<jaeger> 200 feet or so?
<WDGuest385> almost 1 km

After that we had to argue with him for twenty minutes on why he couldn't.

**TechZ** · February 5th, 2005, 04:42 AM

I always miss the good ones. Nice to see asm though.

**NooNoo** · February 5th, 2005, 05:17 AM

Did you argue about grounding and electrical potential differences? Or perhaps the lightening strike problem?

Gotta love the something for nothing brigade...

**confus-ed** · February 5th, 2005, 06:54 AM

At this point will I be bursting anybodies bubble if I point out that fibre optic generally can be cabled in a straight run up to 2km (about a mile & a quarter) 'relatively simply' (as simple as you get with fibre anyway

) & laughing at this, is a bit like someone saying to you 'how can I carry 20 tons of freight with a mini ?' - you falling about laughing - & forgetting to say 'why not buy a truck !?'

**jaeger** · February 5th, 2005, 01:52 PM

Originally Posted by confus-ed

At this point will I be bursting anybodies bubble if I point out that fibre optic generally can be cabled in a straight run up to 2km (about a mile & a quarter) 'relatively simply' (as simple as you get with fibre anyway

) & laughing at this, is a bit like someone saying to you 'how can I carry 20 tons of freight with a mini ?' - you falling about laughing - & forgetting to say 'why not buy a truck !?'

The act of burying that much cable was beyond him though. Then you get to the very expensive tools used with fiber. Then you run into actually knowing about the subterranean cables and pipes so you don't accidentally excavate one. Then you run into permits. This all being so he could share a basic residential internet connection that his ISP wouldn't have approved of him sharing.

**confus-ed** · February 6th, 2005, 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by jaeger

.. This all being so he could share a basic residential internet connection that his ISP wouldn't have approved of him sharing.

..Brilliant !

- in a city would be fun ! - & I of course wasn't privvy to the conversation ! - digging a hole a mile long is quite a job regardless !

(btw all that 'it costs lots' is only really applicable to multi-core or mutltimode fibre - singlemode fibre installation is quite a bit simpler & easier - quite often you just cheat that by using pre-done cables & connectors

! then you don't need expensive test equipment or splicing knowledge - you can just plug it together & test at each connection if you have to .. )