Thursday, March 18, 2010

A Tech-Filled Life, Without Power

A Tech-Filled Life, Without Power, David Pogue article.

Phone and power lines always go in storms. Is it really that much more expensive to dig 'em down?

4 comments:

  1. They do that in new subdivisions, but in older areas where they've always been on poles it would probably be too expensive.

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  2. Depends on how often and how much it snows.

    And if you take a long time or a short time view on the cost.

    Dug down in Sweden and on (super ugly) lines in France.

    Chris

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  3. It IS notably more expensive. From what I heard on the French news, precisely.

    Then again, it´s also far more durable, therefore a smart choice for the long term...

    But seldom done in the countryside (the place most exposed to extreme weather, precisely), because the cost per length unit relatively to the number of users becomes economically un-profitable.

    Privatize that public service, and you´ll automatically encourage urban exodus...

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  4. Or is it "rural exodus"? Everybody going to the cities.

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