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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by danielweber on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @02:56PM (#8955325)
I'm in Charlotte and I have two ISPs, and neither of them gives me any data cap or any problem watching 2 Netflix streams.

My neighborhood has buried cable, so I don't know if the fiber will come to my house.

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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by ddoolin on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @08:50PM (#8957539)
Does buried cable somehow mean we can't get fiber? We also have buried cable. I thought most of Charlotte had it.
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Re:Google Fiber is coming to Atlanta, Charlotte, Nashville a... by danielweber on Tuesday January 27, 2015 @10:08PM (#8957800)
It's harder than just stringing up new wire to the poles.

I honestly don't know how much work it is to add to the buried cable. If you have to go dig up each piece of conduit, that would royally freaking suck. Maybe there are access tunnels where they can use strings or something to yank the cable through. I would love to hear more about this.

And honestly, fibre to my cul-de-sac would probably be good enough for me.

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