Laying a 1000 FT. UNDERGROUND FIBER CABLE, Step-by-Step — Ep. 067

There's a lot of unexpected, unanticipated projects that have cropped up in the past year, and planning, designing and laying a 1000 foot underground fiber cable for high speed internet and communications line to the common house and future satellite homes was definitely one of those projects!

Though we already had internet, it was being beamed by a building-to-building bridge, which wasn't as reliable as running a cable underground. It just so happened that we had a trencher that was being rented for the installation of a cantilever gate (to help complete the deer exclusion fence) —and it was BEFORE we did direct seeding in the meadow, which is where the trench would need to be dug for running the fiber line.

Sander really thought through the entire process, especially when designing the Local Area Network (LAN) that we would have for the future homes, so he wanted to create this step-by-step how to video for anyone challenged with laying their own high speed communications line on their homestead.

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28:47 - 4. PVC Electrical Conduit Schedule 40, 1 inch
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