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Why Bury Broadband Fiber When You Can Just Glue It to the Road? (vice.com)
2 points by dd36 on July 19, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



This has been pretty extensively discussed in a few internal ISP-specific forums... Basically, because its longevity will be limited. Snowplows and other things will mess it up. Maybe it's useful if you want to go across the back edge of a parking lot between two buildings where it will never see real vehicle traffic. Microtrenching is a valid alternative.

Aerial fiber is pretty much always preferred as it can be 1/20th the build cost of underground.




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