> Cable companies had to literally make a series of controlled explosions to run cables underground or to even set communications poles in the ground. Trench b

> Cable companies had to literally make a series of controlled explosions to run cables underground or to even set communications poles in the ground. Trench blasting can be expensive at times, but its not an unknown quantity for infrastructure projects[1]. That expense of installation can be weighed against, as you mention, service cuts of more vulnerable surface lines. [1]See the first video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZc2gAMxFzg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZc2gAMxFzg