jsm1234
@optonline.net
| Another idea for cutting down costs for fiber in the north..
From what I understand, fiber is being run in the ground to stay efficient. Well I am sure putting all that in the ground is very expensive but no doubt, very efficient and the right way of going about it so, suggestion: soon those poles are going to rot, the electric lines are on the poles so I would love to see a news line like this. It is not real, it is what i would like to see-> fairpoint announces they are going FTTP throughout VT, NH and ME with the electric company? Fairpoint to run fiber under the ground and in shared conduits with local electric companies. The deals made will make both networks efficient and free from elements while cutting nearly 50% of the underground installation costs. A divider would be put in conduits and the lines would be clearly distinguishable.
Fairpoint, can this be done? It is a great way to get fiber in the ground fast, even in hard to reach areas while improving reliability of electricity in many rural and high element exposure areas.
Remember, {{this is a suggestion, it is not what Fairpoint is saying, as far as I know, yet}}, though I would really like to hear that they would. It could chomp down costs while giving FTTP building a strong boost |
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wcnghj
join:2008-05-01 | I am pretty sure I have read in more than one place that Fairpoint isn't expanding fiber. They are just leaving it where it was when they took over. |
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Dave Brooks
@ChicVNA.com
| That is correct: They have said repeatedly (in interviews with me at the Nashua Telegraph, and in many other places) that they are not expanding fiber-to-the-home because they're counting on ADSL (over copper) as their broadband option for the future.
Of course they are using existing FTTH, and using the fiber backbone that Verizon installed, but they are not rolling out bucket trucks with fiber optic cables. |
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tschmidt
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| reply to jsm1234
Cost of construction is shared by Telco, now FairPoint, and local Electric Utility. Underground construction is much more expensive then aerial.
Underground cable is more reliable but not impervious to damage. Backhoes and rocks are a real danger. Not only is underground cable more expensive to install is it more expensive to repair.
Aerial fiber is pretty reliable as it is a non-conductor so unaffected by lightning and splices are less vulnerable to water intrusion.
Other then urban areas where utility lines are an eyesore Ariel construction is fine.
/tom |
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mouseferatu
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Im not sure
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| reply to jsm1234
There has been a great deal of discussion concerning the pros and cons of burying the power lines in New Hampshire, particularly in the light of some extended winter outages affecting large numbers of customers in the last few years. 2006 was exceptionally bad.
Ultimately, if the P.U.C. is correct, it would appear that it is unlikely that the lines are going anywhere in the near future. They do not have any plans on the table that they are discussing with the general public or easement owners.
As a property owner who has acres of my upper property devoted to power company easement, I would be delighted to see the last of the multiple power towers. So would any number of folks from the seacoast to the Massachusetts border who have similarly seen much of their property taken by eminent domain to add more lines to support the hundreds of housing developments and industrial parks that have gone in over the last two decades.
I have no idea how much the cost would be cut by, but I do know that most of the water outages that we have are caused by a propensity of local excavation firms to bypass calling Dig Safe. Since one can not regulate shoddiness, I can't see that changing... at least now they just take out the water, not the water, the power, the phones, and the HSI....
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