Just picking up a conversation a few months ago. I was wondering if Im over complicating this. I think the takeout from earlier conversations were ‘Install conduit’ i think a 12V DC supply + Ethernet + separate conduit for AC power…

but… I also found POE injectors that look like thry take 12v as an input. (So potentially could run things from a battery/ solar supply ) https://a.aliexpress.com/_EG8apjq

Im not sure if they would be suitable though.

Yeah separate conduit for AC and DC goes without saying.

Really useful thanks. Definitely sounds like I will be thinking about the Cable Cat more carefully.

The specs for latest versions of POE go up to 60-100W which is way beyond what I expected. Is that just still running over normal Ethernet or should I be looking for specifically rated stuff?

Haha of course it s going to be conduit. But its what to put in it. Just 230v ac or add 12v dc or POE or both.

A mutual cable / network provider sounds good. How many houses does it cover?

In New Zealand / UK / Spain the network company provides the cables and connections to consumers and retailers/generators who all pay to connect then customers buy their electricity from the chosen retailers - The network companies are relatively large regional operations that are eithe private for profit of trusts (as opposed to coops) all are regulated for a return on capital invested.

With rooftop solar how does the network provider get on balancing demand ? I guess your provider buys electricity at night and sells during the day?

So in an area its almost completely vertically integrated? Wow.

Im in +1GMT - Happy to help out

I feel like i commented on this / something similar. But what about a free Nextcloud account / Nextcloud server with Maps and one of the many Location apps that use Nextcloud. Next tracks , Maps Geofavourites etc. that are available via Fdroid?

Are there any? (Searching Fdroid as we speak)