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In South Africa, when fiver was released, you were required to dig a trench for the cables, which resulted in all the sidewalks in the whole city being dug up,
by Synaesthesia 5y ago
In South Africa, when fiver was released, you were required to dig a trench for the cables, which resulted in all the sidewalks in the whole city being dug up, sometimes even three times (There were several providers), which got me thinking, can’t these fiver cables simple be aerial?
- verst 5y agoIn my neighborhood in Seattle all the Fiber cables hang on utility poles. Is that what you mean by aerial?
- krasin 5y agoMy fiber line (Mountain View, CA, US) is aerial and uses the same poles as electricity. Strong winds cause tree branches to break, which in turn often cut wires. So, they might, but it's less robust than underground, which results in more maintenance and more operational costs to the internet provider.
- FastMonkey 5y agoThe power company where I live installs more ducts than they need when they dig a trench. So they'll install say 10 ducts in the trench when they only need one or two. They rent out the extras to telecoms.
- Jaruzel 5y agoAdding a UK take here: In my area in the South East of England, we have overhead power (and POTS) on poles down the streets. Recently Openreach have been stringing fibre alongside the existing cables. Virgin Media (the other provider) just dug trenches in the pavements about 20 years ago. Added bonus of having overhead power lines? Your lights flicker when it's windy...