Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Internet Connectivity

[Lyle Scheer (wonko]

On 1/26/24 1:27 PM, Philip Semanchuk wrote:
> > I would not only concur, but would recommend when you trench you run conduit so you 
> > can pull any new and different wires.... actually I thought running fiber to each 
> > house was a great idea... just put it inside some schedule 40 3" conduit.
>
> +1 to that. When we run conduit, we oversize and leave string inside so we can 
> pull more wires later. Later, that is, if the seals on the conduit have not 
> failed and allowed the conduit to fill with mud. :-)
also a good idea, though I found the trick of tying a length of string 
to a plastic shopping bag that you crumple up and stuff in one end of 
the conduit, while connecting a shop-vac to the other end can be an 
effective method for pulling a string through if you don't have one 
already :-)  I've also used fish tape, but the shop-vac trick tended to 
be much faster.

(with the filter bags out and set to wet mode, of course in case of that 
mud situation...)