500$ apparently: https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/cheap-fusion-splicer.html.

Not too bad, way less than what I imagined !

I think I paid $800 for a brand new SignalFire AI-8, but that was 5 years ago. Compared to the $9,000 Fujikura units used by pros, it was inexpensive :)

I did an half hour ‘training’ with this $/€950 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09ZL6KGQW/ https://elfcams.com/en/product/3881. It was used by students to setup internet on campus dormitories and they were satisfied with it.