It seems that some streetwork subcontractors function with the mindset "it's way too much effort, time and expense to work around all the ground-level microtrenched conduit in this area. Just plan to destroy the conduit and we'll include in the cost to the city whatever the owner will charge us as repair/penalty costs."
Business as normal for the construction guys, but you need to explain to your customers why they don't have internet for a week. On Sat, Feb 9, 2019, 11:20 AM Bill Prince <[email protected] wrote: > Sure enough. But if it doesn't get USA attention, you may be doing a lot > of repairs. Sounds like that's what Google discovered. > > -- > bp > part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com > > > On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 9:15 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I recently got a quote from a contractor for microtrenching. $12/foot >> asphalt repair, duct and handholes included. Cheaper than boring. >> >> *From:* Colin Stanners >> *Sent:* Saturday, February 09, 2019 10:01 AM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] OT: Google fiber bailing on Louisville >> >> From the article: *The tech giant acknowledged problems in Louisville >> with a new method of digging shallower trenches to speed up the >> installation times of the fiber optic cable. Google says the problems were >> "disruptive to residents and caused service issues for our customers."* >> >> Sounds like they tried microtrenching and then discovered its >> limitations, or how little city/construction crews worry about hitting >> fiber when it's at pretty much street level/directly in their work area. >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 9, 2019 at 10:43 AM Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> And an unlimited supply of money does not help. Slow and careful on a >>> limited budget does work. Many on this list can prove it. >>> >>> *From:* Bill Prince >>> *Sent:* Saturday, February 09, 2019 9:38 AM >>> *To:* AFMUG >>> *Subject:* [AFMUG] OT: Google fiber bailing on Louisville >>> >>> >>> Yet another confirmation that it's not as easy as it looks. >>> >>> >>> https://finance.yahoo.com/news/googles-high-speed-internet-pulling-220020962.html >>> >>> -- >>> bp >>> part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com >>> ------------------------------ >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> ------------------------------ >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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