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It will happen because storm frequency and outages will rise throughout the century. It is a capital investment that will sharply reduce outages. Florida is on the verge of putting their long-haul power underground. Texas is primed for storms due to the high
and growing humidity in the Gulf. Finally, capital costs - interest - is low. Both governments and big corporates pay very little to borrow so it is not onerous. May be it is time to make America great again.
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Nor does it have to be mandatory for all systems. But there should be at least one power network in the ground as well as one telco network.
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Roderick. <br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Jared Mauch <jared@puck.nether.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, February 16, 2021 3:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Rod Beck <rod.beck@unitedcablecompany.com>; nanog@nanog.org <nanog@nanog.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Texas internet connectivity declining due to blackouts</font>
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> On Feb 16, 2021, at 8:25 AM, Mike Hammett <nanog@ics-il.net> wrote:<br>
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> It's cheaper to build 2x, 3x, 4x the aerial plant than to build 1x the underground plant.<br>
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> The actual cost per foot is more like 10x difference, but there are right of way, maintenance, etc. costs to factor in as well.<br>
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Labor is something in 8x but the permit/engineering cost is usually the same per foot, but the make-ready on poles can make underground competitive or more like 1.5x when you fully bake the costs. Really depends on pole distances and quality. O&M long-term
is lower on underground vs aerial.<br>
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