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One wonders how we ran electricity out everywhere. Running a fibre is about the same cost as running a power cable.

• s1artibartfast 2y ago
  Cheaper labor and fewer challenges. There is a lot of infrastructure where the cost to replace is an order of magnitude higher than the inflation adjusted original cost.
• Sparyjerry 2y ago
  Above ground power lines make up most of the it. A pole and wire isn't that expensive. Burying is drastically more expensive.
  • ta1243 2y ago
    So run the fibre on the power line
    • Alupis 2y ago
      They do, where feasible. It's still very expensive, and the poles are owned by another entity which complicates things a bit more as well. No free lunch, as they say.
• hattmall 2y ago
  That would be the REA, Rural Electrification Act, part of Roosevelt's new deal. Citizens could form co-ops and pay some of their own and get some grants from government. A very big number of those co-ops are now running fiber too.