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I hope they can get the power companies to get rid of those far uglier electrical substations too. People want infrastructure, not the infrastructure to suppor
by Johnny555 10y ago
I hope they can get the power companies to get rid of those far uglier electrical substations too.
People want infrastructure, not the infrastructure to support the infrastructure.
This same NIMBY attitude is what kept me from getting faster U-Verse service in my SF neighborhood, because they didn't want the (much smaller) U-Verse cabinets on the street... which left me with Comcast as my only high speed internet choice (with unreliable service -- 10 minute outages 3 or 4 times a week). I was so far from the CO that DSL was around 800kbit. (to be fair, the Comcast problem could have been due to poor interior wiring, but TV worked, so the landlord was unwilling to do anything about it).
- gregmac 10y agoI'm assuming that is a typo and you're not complaining that you could "only" get 800 megabits per second..
- Johnny555 10y agoYeah sorry, meant kbit, fixed.
- calbear81 10y agoWhat if we designed public infrastructure facilities with solving other problems in mind that actually built public support. For example, parking structures with new public parks/soccer fields on top can garner more support than just a simple concrete structure proposal. For these access hubs, maybe we can build them as part of a public toilet structure, god knows we need these in San Francisco.
- Johnny555 10y agoI bet they'd get more opposition to a public toilet than a utility building. Public toilets will bring "undesirables".