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Also the first trans-continental railroad originated in the area. A hundred years later the railroad tracks served as ideal right-of-ways to lay fiber-optic ca
by astrodust 9y ago
Also the first trans-continental railroad originated in the area.
A hundred years later the railroad tracks served as ideal right-of-ways to lay fiber-optic cable to create the modern internet.
- Gibbon1 9y agoA have a slightly fizzy memory of finding a recently installed run of fiber optic cable along the old transcontinental route. I think near the Chinese Wall.
- astrodust 9y agoTrains are actually an excellent platform for all the equipment necessary to run fiber. They can have not only the heavy trenching equipment, but the endless spools of fiber on hand as well. They literally drop a plow into the ground and lay the fiber in the resulting trench, then just drive the train forward to lay more cable. Very efficient if the route's planned out in advance. Some interesting examples: https://www.quora.com/How-does-a-fiber-optic-cable-laying-machine-work-How-does-it-lay-a-length-straight-cable-that-is-longer-than-the-angle-makes-it-capable-of-reaching https://www.quora.com/How-does-a-fiber-optic-cable-laying-ma...
- Gibbon1 9y agoReminds me of this beast http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2017/11/mow-jordan-spreader.html http://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/2017/11/mow-jordan-spr...