Their cable company actually ran internet to their service box by the gates. They had a router in there which makes things a whole lot easier. they want the cameras mounted on lighting poles 20 ft away. I was thinking instead of cutting the asphalt to run wire i would use a wifi bridge and steal power from the street light poles but they run on 40 amp breakers right? By code we can only hook up low voltage to 20 amp breakers, is this correct? Even if code allowed me to do that it would cost an additional 6-700 dollars ( weatherprrof enclosure, poe switch, ups, wifi bridge) so i told them they'd be better off cutting through the asphalt.
jeromephone wrote:
I would look into the existing pvc if it is that long they should have put in hand holds or junction boxes to make pulling the cable easier. Check out fiber costs and you will find for the bandwith and flexibility is may be your cheapest way to go. The ubiquity solution will not be cheap while the equipment is reasonable you are looking at setting utility poles and providing power to the units which can be expensive.