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Can you fathom how much it will cost to dig up the streets, lay fiber and fill them back in? Will cities even allow that, due to the impediment to the traffic?
by cooldeal 15y ago
Can you fathom how much it will cost to dig up the streets, lay fiber and fill them back in? Will cities even allow that, due to the impediment to the traffic?
- nitrogen 15y agoIt's been managed before for fiber deployments in northern Europe. I remember seeing a perspective on Ars Technica from Amsterdam, with a photo of a sidewalk tiles neatly removed and replaced without damage: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterdam-was-wired-for-open-access-fiber.ars http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterda... So, it can be done.
- tomgallard 15y agoIn the UK there've been some pilot deployments of fibre using sewers ( e.g.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm ). Avoids the need to dig up roads and keeps the cost of deployment low