Post #3603488
2026-07-05 08:43 UTC
@brouhaha@mastodon.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems
In fall 2025 / spring 2026 a lot of hollow channel conduit was installed under the sidewalks in the streets neighboring the house I live in. So I got a very good look at how those lowest-bidder-contractors handled it.
I was disgusted and appalled. And that was before they even got to running the fiber.
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@brouhaha@mastodon.social 2026-07-05 08:56
@datenwolf@chaos.social @purple@nya.social @futurebird@sauropods.win @fivetonsflax@tilde.zone @oscherler@tooting.ch @argv_minus_one@mastodon.sdf.org @CursedSilicon@social.treehouse.systems GPON in my neighborhood is up on poles, but may well have been installed by poorly trained monkeys contracted to the ILEC. The ILEC is trying to get rid of their copper plant, yet they spun off their fiber plant to another company, so I guess they don't want to hassle with any plant. It's entirely foreseeable that in 50 years, the fiber plant will be decrepit and in need of replacement, like copper now.