6||0|279|0| 0|0|0|||1||phrasing|Gryphon||00:37:05|03/23/2024|I signed up to be notified when the fiber Internet service currently %28I might say %5Bi%5Dfinally%5B%2Fi%5D%29 being built out in my area is available%2C and the subject line of the acknowledgement email says %22you%27re on the list.%22 I feel vaguely threatened now.%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 1|1|0|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Sofaspud||20:00:13|03/26/2024|%3EI signed up to be notified when the fiber Internet service currently %0D%0A%3E%28I might say %5Bi%5Dfinally%5B%2Fi%5D%29 being built out in my area is available%2C %0D%0A%3Eand the subject line of the acknowledgement email says %22you%27re on the %0D%0A%3Elist.%22 I feel vaguely threatened now. %0D%0A%0D%0AI got that email too%21%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo years later I moved across town to a place with fiber and finally got it. It%27s still not available at my old address %28a year since the move%29%2C but the current residents inform me that they%27re %22on the list%22.%0D%0A%0D%0AI hate companies that do that crap.%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A--finally having fiber IS really nice tho 2|2|1|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Gryphon||22:12:11|03/26/2024|%3EI hate companies that do that crap. %0D%0A%0D%0AWell%2C there are a bunch of spool trucks and stuff with the company%27s logo around%2C big loops of new cable hanging from telephone poles all over town%2C and lots of traffic disruptions while men in bucket vans Do Things%2C so I%27m reasonably sure they genuinely are building %5Bi%5Dsomething%5B%2Fi%5D...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 3|3|2|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Nova Floresca||00:00:03|03/27/2024|Odd%2C we recently got fiber in my area and they didn%27t go on the poles%2C but kinda stitched it into the ground%2C with holes every so many feet to pull it through I think.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22 4|4|3|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Gryphon||00:12:29|03/27/2024|%3EOdd%2C we recently got fiber in my area and they didn%27t go on the poles%2C %0D%0A%3Ebut kinda stitched it into the ground%2C with holes every so many feet %0D%0A%3Eto pull it through I think. %0D%0A%0D%0AGiven how often we have ice%2Fheavy snow%2Fwind storms around here%2C our electric%2C phone%2C and Internet wires SHOULD all be buried... but they are not. I guess they%27d need to go quite deep to get below the frost line%2C and the hassle and expense make the utilities more willing to just constantly put poles and lines back up after heavy weather%2C but man...%0D%0A%0D%0A--G.%0D%0A-%3E%3C-%0D%0ABenjamin D. Hutchins%2C Co-Founder%2C Editor-in-Chief%2C %26 Forum Mod%0D%0AEyrie Productions%2C Unlimited http%3A%2F%2Fwww.eyrie-productions.com%2F%0D%0Azgryphon at that email service Google has%0D%0A%5Bi%5DCeterum censeo Carthaginem esse delendam.%5B%2Fi%5D 5|5|4|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Nova Floresca||10:54:33|03/27/2024|I%27m not sure if our frost line isn%27t as deep here%2C or they assume that climate change has fixed that for them %28we %5Bi%5Dused%5B%2Fi%5D to get pretty harsh winters%2C but now it%27s generally just a 1-2 week period where we get smacked in the face and then back to late fall%2Fearly spring weather the rest of the way%29.%0D%0A%0D%0AAs far as the poles%2C my cynical nature makes me want to bet they%27re using the %22do it cheap so we can increase shareholder profits right now%2C and when it breaks%2C it%27s some other department%27s loss%22 method.%0D%0A%0D%0A%22This is probably a stupid question%2C but . . .%22 6|5|4|||1||RE%3A phrasing|Sofaspud||13:14:33|03/29/2024|The area I used to live %28known locally as the South Hill neighborhood%29 is basically a couple inches of dirt over a huge granite outcropping%2C so everything there is on poles due to cost.%0D%0A%0D%0AEven though we routinely get ice and wind storms that bring down said poles%2C apparently it%27s still cheaper to restring them up high than to bury them. I don%27t pretend to understand%2C but that%27s the reason I was given when I asked the question.%0D%0A%0D%0A--sofaspud%0D%0A--