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The railroad companies did some of this themselves -- the SPR in Sprint stands for Southern Pacific Railroad.
by nandhp 11y ago
The railroad companies did some of this themselves -- the SPR in Sprint stands for Southern Pacific Railroad.
- eplanit 11y agoExactly true. Railroad companies maintain their own "right of way", which is the tracks plus the margin of land on either side. Since railroads depend heavily on communications, they maintain their own poles/trenches and cables etc. Their telecommunications infrastructure is an integral part of their rail infrastructure. And yes, they make lots of money by leasing bandwidth and resources to telecoms. (I used to work for Burlington Northern Railroad).
- digi_owl 11y agoDunno how it is in the US, but in other parts of the world power companies has gotten into the "ISP" business. This by running fiber along their existing power cables, originally to allow remote monitoring and control of transformers etc.