[PLUG-TALK] PDX to get Google Fibre

Russell Senior russell at personaltelco.net
Wed Feb 19 22:59:14 UTC 2014


>>>>> "Pete" == Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> writes:

Pete>    They sure are, in their best tradition ....  From GoogleA
Pete> http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/2014/02/how-communities-can-facilit
Pete> ate-fiber.html Institute adig oncea policies.A When private
Pete> companies build fiber networks, one of the biggest costs is
Pete> stringing physical fiber lines throughout an entire community,
Pete> which requires either digging up streets (to put fiber
Pete> underground) or installing new utility poles (to string fiber in
Pete> the air). If localities want to attract fiber providers, they
Pete> can help to make this future construction much easier by
Pete> instituting whatas called a adig oncea policy. Every time the
Pete> city does road maintenance or needs to dig up streets to reach
Pete> water or sewer pipes, they can install fiber conduit while
Pete> theyare already down there. Then, they can make that conduit
Pete> available for providers to lease and pull their fiber
Pete> through. Not only is this an attractive option to providers who
Pete> save the time and expense of digging, but it has the added
Pete> benefit of reducing future disruption for local citizens (who
Pete> probably donat want to deal with a future road closure if it can
Pete> be avoided).  My part of North Portland just had all their old
Pete> sewers replaced, our streets have been dug up for over a
Pete> year. What to guess if there is conduit laying next to those new
Pete> pipes ?  -pete

They would build on poles that are there already.  This isn't really a
big problem, anywhere except downtown.  There is a tarrif, set by the
PUC, of $1/month per pole attachment paid to the owners of the pole to
support its maintenance.  This ends up not being a significant cost.


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