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I asked my local company if they were bringing fiber in on existing poles or trenching, and they said they had to trench because fiber isnt flexible enough to g
by zdragnar 5y ago
I asked my local company if they were bringing fiber in on existing poles or trenching, and they said they had to trench because fiber isnt flexible enough to go up on poles.
Maybe it is specific to the ones we have- last year a bad storm with 60mph winds caused power lines to clack together and knock out power for several hours.
- dekhn 5y agouh, my fiber is literally just a cable coming down from the pole next to my house. fiber runs on poles all over, like oregon. https://www.michaelsinsight.com/2010/09/hunters-shooting-destroying-googles-fiber-connection-for-oregon-datacenter.html https://www.michaelsinsight.com/2010/09/hunters-shooting-des...