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In San Francisco, everyone along streets with underground utilities are denied fiber due to Public Works disallowing microtrenching. Additionally, AT&T has not
by radicaldreamer 6y ago
In San Francisco, everyone along streets with underground utilities are denied fiber due to Public Works disallowing microtrenching.
Additionally, AT&T has not upgraded their lines in these areas, so we're stuck with Comcast or DSL...
- driverdan 6y agoAlso the NIMBYs and ridiculous permitting requirements, such as needing environmental studies to add distribution boxes.
- parineum 6y agoHow do NIMBYs play into this?
- driverdan 6y agoNIMBYs put laws in place that makes it harder to install fiber.
- kitteh 6y agoThey've fought the installation of CEVs (controlled environment vaults) which are used to put in network/telecom gear to extend broadband services. One town decided they didn't like this beige box on a main street so they painted over it with a color that fit better. Turns out, that paint was important for cooling it: within a few days gear overheated and hundreds were out of service.
- slater 6y agoIf you can get it, monkeybrains is pretty good
- cosmojg 6y agoWhat speeds are you getting with them?
- chrishacken 6y agoTo be fair, microtrenching sucks. It’s extremely difficult to dig around lines that have even micro trenched without damaging them. Our “micro trenches” are still 16” deep, but we stopped doing that. Our new stuff is a minimum of 24”, generally 36” deep. I know people who were doing it between 4-8” and I think that’s just plain stupid.
- snuxoll 6y agoI agree microtrenching isn’t ideal. Neither is a plethora of service providers tearing up streets to install proper conduit and lines, however. Texas has shared transmission lines and a choice of electrical suppliers. It’s high past time we applied the same model to data.