Wow!That is very interesting, it's amazing that a pole can even survive almost 100 years of frost/defrost like that and still hold any lines. I guess considerin

Wow!That is very interesting, it's amazing that a pole can even survive almost 100 years of frost/defrost like that and still hold any lines. I guess considering the incredible distances involved here in Canada, keeping track of the poles and actually inspecting them is a huge challenge though. I wouldn't have thought broadband added any significant weight on the poles though! And you are right, that storm was pretty unique because of how much ice (instead of snow) it ended up creating. But honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if we see another big grid failure soon. The network has been noticeably less reliable the past 2-3 years, and not just in my location. I've had to build a DIY UPS for my home server this year because of that (the outages have been around 7-8h each so an off the shelf UPS was not really an option if I wanted 100% uptime). Hopefully I'm wrong because electric heating is massive here.