Moving fibre trunks: interruptions?

Sat Sep 2 01:11:42 UTC 2017

Pretty much. Here is an example of permitting requirements for underground. Underground costs 5-12/foot (or more in urban areas) whereas aerial can be as low as $2/foot. 

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Jared Mauch

> On Sep 1, 2017, at 6:38 PM, Ricky Beam <jfbeam at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:52:40 -0400, Rod Beck <rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com> wrote:
>> I don't think there is virtually any aerial in Europe. So given the cost difference why is virtually all fiber buried on this side of the Atlantic?
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> Aerial is simple and fast... pull the cable through a stringer, move to the next pole and repeat; when a section (about a mile) is done, it's hoisted into the air and tied to the pole. The stringers are then moved to the next mile of poles and the process repeats.
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> Buried stuff requires a great deal of planning, permitting, and insurance. You have to know everything that's ever been stuffed in the ground within half a mile of where you're working to avoid the inevitable cutting of something important -- gas, water, sewer, power, other telcom, even vacuum tube lines and subways. And then you need trenching gear to get stuff in the ground, and crews to come along behind to remediate the "environmental damage".
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> (Once the conduit is in the ground, it's a trivial matter to blow whatever you need through it.)