It's a cheaper way to do it but yeah it does have issues with weather and all. (cables getting cut by trees etc..) The major reason for not doing it underground

It's a cheaper way to do it but yeah it does have issues with weather and all. (cables getting cut by trees etc..) The major reason for not doing it underground is probably due to building rights and such which might be more trouble than they are worth for google at this point. Plus the conduits are expensive, might be cheaper to just put new cables when some break than building conduits.