1.) If you are trying too bury it you are stupid. Of course you
cant bury it in urban areas that does not make sense. Pole to pole
is much faster and easier. (In some urban areas they set up
underground conduits where it is much easier and much better to do
underground.)
We can do it either buried or aerial optical or copper.
It's a challenge but we prefer buried optical for reliability.
It's not true that you can't trench in cities. At the height of the
Internet boom in 2000 there were dozens of companies tearing
up the streets of DC to lay fiber.
That infrastructure is there.
Much of it remains to be utilized.
As far as rural areas yes that is a challenge. Aerial is often
the only available solution. But aerial is a bitch to maintain
because it is subject to weather.
So if it costs me more to provide the service than I'm
getting out of it in rate of return I am behind the regulatory
eight ball in terms of being a public utility.
I'll guarantee you voice services as mandated and I will
build out as fast as I can to get my broadband up to the
standards of Luxembourg.
Europeans aren't dealing with the same scale issues I am.
Happy surfing.
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