Adding 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 string

Adding 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...