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I've seen firsthand how difficult and time-consuming the buildout is of Google and AT&T fiber is in Atlanta. Idle fiber runs just 100 yards from my house, where
by Friedduck 10y ago
I've seen firsthand how difficult and time-consuming the buildout is of Google and AT&T fiber is in Atlanta. Idle fiber runs just 100 yards from my house, where it's been sitting for months. Just for this single run it's required dozens of people, traffic permits, closed roads, sidewalk repair, new access panels embedded in sidewalk, let alone pulling the fiber itself.
At the phone poles there are large devices (repeaters?) and I assume more equipment at the nearest colo.
This is all on a street that already had a lot of infrastructure and easy access. I haven't seen a single run through people's backyards in a hilly, densely populated neighborhood. It's going to be difficult.
I'm in awe of what this woman and others like her have done.
- amazon_not 10y ago> At the phone poles there are large devices (repeaters?) and I assume more equipment at the nearest colo. Fiber networks don't use repeaters out in the field. It may have been a (large) splice enclosure or some non-fiber equipment.