problem is, I'm mostly ignorant of those areas - I am interested in becoming knowledgeable someday!
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Just curious since telecom networks are isomorphic to electrical grids (and sometimes they’re one and the same). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines …
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If we're going into details, a big question is whether data network rollout is being done right. A road can be resurfaced, but...
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Laying line, even underground, is cheaper and less intrusive than road resurfacing, though. And far more versatile in its applications.
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My point is that the expensive bit of roadbuilding is clearing the space and saying "this is a road". Keeping it up to date is then easy.
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I think that's not quite truehttps://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason-your-city-has-no-money …
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That's saying the Fed pays for new infrastructure that local gov then can't afford to maintain. Doesn't contradict my point.
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I agree that upkeep isn't large compared to initial spend, but it's still quite large
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Sure. My point was that while sharing those issues, network rollout has the _additional_ problem of becoming technologically obsolete.
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So build tunnels instead of ditches. Everyone loves tunnels.
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