Thinking of deploying FTTH network in a village.

[NikhilS]

Yes, because I don’t wanna be in the same position in which I am right now.

 

[NikhilS]

Talked to another ISP I sort listed, he said he doesn’t have license to operate in my circle. But suggested the same service which I sort listed. Fivenet.

 

[vignesh_venkatesan]

@Nikhil Sharma talked to ?

 

[NikhilS]

Edited.

 

[philip]

@Nikhil Sharma Seems decent but it doesn't matter whether they have airtel or tata for transit..
All that matters is whether they have the capacity of transited bandwidth required.
They seem to peer at Extreme ix and Mumbai ix and along with caches.
You should probably be fine.

How to know if my isp has facebook and google caches

 

[vignesh_venkatesan]

@philip there's no concrete way of finding out.
But most of the decent sized isps will definitely host a Google and Facebook cache.

 

[JB701]

Here is a way to find ISP Cache:
1. Log the outgoing traffic to all the ISP IP Blocks.
On my PFSense what I did was Mark outgoing traffic on WAN to this http://asn.blawk.net/132453 (this link contains all the IP Addresses belonging to my ISP)
2. Try to open a site that is usually cached like google.com or facebook.com or fast.com
3. Check the logs for new entries

 

[NikhilS]

Update: Another ISP I have shortlisted is AS132566. (Skynet broadband) They provide voice as well. Although the guy was saying he will have to check a port for providing voice. The word sounded like PoE (Ik it’s not poe) but yes!

 

[Sai]

Have you factored in the cost of machines used to lay cables and monitor cable faults?. Do you have prior experience in designing and deploying OFC network?. It is not easy task!.

If it is rural area, I still recommend you to take wireless route and deploy on 2.4/5GHz unlicensed spectrum using gear from Ubiquiti/Mikrotik.

 

[vignesh_venkatesan]

@Sai worth the effort bro..
Future proof and robust.
It'll be steep learning curve but it's worth all the effort.