I think the Artic Fiber project is designed to alleviate that problem in the Northwest. It was incorporated into a larger project to connect the three continents. I know one of the founders, Mike Cunningham. http://www.submarinenetworks.com/systems/asia-europe-africa/arctic-fiber/arc... ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-bounces@nanog.org> on behalf of Alain Hebert <ahebert@pubnix.net> Sent: Friday, July 14, 2017 8:05 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Friday musing - Long distance fiber deployment resources Warning: For just plain curiosity at the moment. I was looking for publicly accessible feasibility studies, white papers, etc, about long distance fiber deployment. (> 400km, aka >250 miles) The interest comes from documenting myself about how poorly deserved are the northern communities in Canada. And how "freakn a shame it is to get pwned" by France telecom wise =D. At this point my Goolge Fu is hardly getting thru the pointless clutter search engines accumulated over the years... From the numerous input so far: A lot of the attempts where made to use facilities like rail or electrical grid distribution, but it always ended squashed by a massive push back from the telecom industries, and in one case, maybe the FMI. I'm thinking: If people can invest millions into DOTCOM that put fitbits on cows... There must be a way to help those communities. And ourself, from under the telecom giants. Thanks. ----- Alain Hebert ahebert@pubnix.net PubNIX Inc. 50 boul. St-Charles P.O. Box 26770 Beaconsfield, Quebec H9W 6G7 Tel: 514-990-5911 http://www.pubnix.net Fax: 514-990-9443 PubNIX Inc. – Branché sur le monde – Connected to the World<http://www.pubnix.net/> www.pubnix.net PubNIX is a boutique Internet service provider with personalized service that offers you an alternative to "Big Telco". At PubNIX, we are committed to providing you ...