Re: Dumb concept - stop being lazy and just run the fiber to the home
"Oh and by the way, recently fibre was being rolled out to Melbourne consumers by tacking it onto the existing electrical poles. They were blocked by the citizens and local councils as being unaesthetic."
One town I lived in had everything underground as a result of a 30 year program (It was cheaper overall than the maintenance of above ground infrastructure and dealing with the inevitable "car vs pole" stuff which happens.)
Along came a cable company which sued the city council for access to string cables between lighting poles - the emphasis being on the first part of that name. The poles simply weren't strong enough to handle the weight of cable and they'd been told so, but tried to force their way in anyway.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
