Why U.S. Broadband is So Slow

Re:Why U.S. Broadband is So Slow by cooldeal on Monday August 15, 2011 @12:06AM (#2885399)

Can you fathom how much it will cost to dig up the streets, lay fiber and fill them back in? Will cities even allow that, due to the impediment to the traffic?

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Re:Why U.S. Broadband is So Slow by nitrogen on Monday August 15, 2011 @05:58AM (#2886171)

It's been managed before for fiber deployments in northern Europe. I remember seeing a perspective on Ars Technica from Amsterdam, with a photo of a sidewalk tiles neatly removed and replaced without damage: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/03/how-amsterda...

So, it can be done.

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Re:Why U.S. Broadband is So Slow by tomgallard on Monday August 15, 2011 @09:47AM (#2886855)

In the UK there've been some pilot deployments of fibre using sewers ( e.g.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7202396.stm ).

Avoids the need to dig up roads and keeps the cost of deployment low

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