Eric Martin
join:2005-06-19
66308 | Why do cities DIG to put in fiber
Why ? Anyone know?
Why not poles like the telcos ?  |
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ronpin
Imagine Reality
join:2002-12-06
Nirvana
 ·AT&T Southwest
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| said by Eric Martin  :Why ? Anyone know? Why not poles like the telcos ? P.A. does use aerial fiber in the original trial area. New subdivisions (less than 20 years old) seem to universally bury all wires. FiOS uses aerial when possible.
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dvd536
as Mr. Pink as they come
Premium
join:2001-04-27
Phoenix, AZ
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said by Eric Martin :Why ? Anyone know? Why not poles like the telcos ? My guess is it has something to do with "Pole fees"
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hottboiinnc
Kyle
join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH | Especially when the poles are owned by the Telco. |
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jimmy235
@verizon.net
| The majority of poles are owned by Power Co not Telcos, if a pole has power lines on it, it belongs to Power Co and other utilities like Cable, Telcos pay them a fee. If your utilities are already underground then it stays underground, if aerial then fiber is installed same way, simple. The only reason you have to dig is that when a lot of these homes were built there was no requirement for the builders for underground conduits and the wires were directly buried in the ground. In the newer subdivisions with conduits if you're replacing the old copper service wire with a fiber one it will take you maybe TEN MINUTES. Boring can take hours and contractors are paid by telcos, cable companies for this. A utility will sometimes spend over a thousand dollars just to get you service, I don't know how they plan on making a return on this investment |
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hottboiinnc
Kyle
join:2003-10-15
Toledo, OH | In this area its more Telco than power. The only way to know their power is the Power company has them tagged other wise they're phone. |
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