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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by p1esk on Sunday April 21, 2024 @10:05PM (#40110904)
Have the government install cable trenches along all the roads

What? Like actual open trenches with exposed cables? Along every road? Is that sarcasm?

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by cyberax on Sunday April 21, 2024 @11:04PM (#40111123)
He probably meant cable conduits. Basically, just empty pipes.
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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by AnthonyMouse on Monday April 22, 2024 @03:48AM (#40112189)
Yes, you dig a cable trench, you put a pipe into it and you cover it back up. Then there are access hatches near street intersections etc.
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