Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in New York

Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by gosub100 on Monday April 22, 2024 @06:33AM (#40112998)

That's interesting to me. I had been previously told that fiber couldn't be hung on poles because the movement on the line breaks the glass fibers.

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by denton-scratch on Monday April 22, 2024 @08:00AM (#40113497)

I think you were told nonsense. Glass fibre doesn't break and shatter; it's flexible. It does have a minimum bend radius (depending on the type of fibre); but that's to do with maintaining total internal refraction, and can be fixed by straightening out the fibre again.

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Re:Anti-municipal broadband budget amendment gets nixed in N... by gosub100 on Monday April 22, 2024 @12:06PM (#40115669)

I know fibers are flexible, I meant prolonged movement from the wind or thermals.

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