If you have a bunch of copper, an excavator, loads of free time, and you have somewhere to connect upstream, it shouldn’t cost much.
Ideally you want to use fiber, though. The fiber itself is actually cheaper than the copper, but the equipment is magnitudes more expensive:
OTDR
Fusion splicer
Termination tools
Necessary switching and routing hardware
Sidenote: 25 years ago it was my dream to start a MAN - metropolitan area network. Think a LAN party covering an entire city. I even planned out the IP schema, routing system, and loads of other things for the city I lived in at that time. Too bad I was a broke NEET.
If you have a bunch of copper, an excavator, loads of free time, and you have somewhere to connect upstream, it shouldn’t cost much.
Ideally you want to use fiber, though. The fiber itself is actually cheaper than the copper, but the equipment is magnitudes more expensive:
Sidenote: 25 years ago it was my dream to start a MAN - metropolitan area network. Think a LAN party covering an entire city. I even planned out the IP schema, routing system, and loads of other things for the city I lived in at that time. Too bad I was a broke NEET.