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Here is the 2026 benchmark for cost of laying fiber optic cable per foot by method: Open trench (lawn/field): $0. (FOA) was founded in 1995 to help develop the workforce to build the fiber optic networks to support a rapid expansion in communications and the Internet. The new standard from the Fiber Optic Association is subtitled 'Guidelines For The Construction And Installation Of Fiber Optic Cable Plants. The main cost drivers include trenching or aerial deployment, materials, labor hours, and any required permits. 'A document established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context'.

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