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Re:The Washington state legislature has voted to end limits ... by lotsofpulp on Friday April 16, 2021 @07:46AM (#26832691)
I learned to assume any development older than 2010 with buried utilities does not have fiber.
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Re:The Washington state legislature has voted to end limits ... by KirillPanov on Saturday April 17, 2021 @02:57AM (#26842178)
Unfortunately that's not really accurate. :(

CenturyLink has aerial fiber and underground copper in several areas. For example, in Aberdeen it happened because they got a grant from the FCC.

The whole situation is a mess, and CenturyLink likes the mess.

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