Who would you sell it to? The same telecom company? The same company that installs it? Might as well steel the tires off the installation team truck and sell it back to them.
Comment on this is exactly what copper would say
Hjalamanger@feddit.nu 2 days ago
I feel like you could real easily just steel that roll and of fiber optic cable and sell it? Like that much of the stuff must be rather valuable. Also they labelled it for you so that you know what it is
hansolo@lemmy.today 2 days ago
TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
I think turning someone’s tires to solid steel would be pretty funny
hansolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Curse you, autocorrect!
cley_faye@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Sell it to who? Most business must keep records of the stuff they use in their books. A roll of optic fiber this large would cost a substantial amount of money, so using one “off the books” would require some creativity. And I’m not sure there’s much use for individuals for that much.
Copper is interesting because there are business that buys it by weight for recycling purposes.
BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
It’s really that valuable, the bulk prices I’ve found on Alibaba are around $25-$30 per KILOMETER!
mitch@piefed.mitch.science 2 days ago
Fiber optic cable is just glass or nylon, sealed with a thermoplastic. It really is one of the cheapest kinds of cables to make, maybe ever. It's really not worth anything when anyone who needs to run fiber can just buy a brand new spool for the same price as a spool from four guys in a shitty pickup truck who can't describe why they even had it to begin with.