Nice News-This Simple Law Could Have Saved The US $126 Billion in Broadband Deployment Costs
Washington,
August 9, 2019
A new report states that America could save billions of dollars on fiber broadband deployment with a fairly simple law.
Deploying fiber broadband across the country the size of the United States is hugely expensive. A large portion of these costs come from digging up public streets to lay fiber, a process that’s both time consuming and chaotic, especially when done incorrectly. Fiber itself, however, is cheap. It's digging up the ground that's expensive. As a result, telecom experts have long pushed for a “dig once” law that would mandate the installation of fiber conduit during roadway construction and upgrades. These conduits would make running fiber along major thoroughfares much easier, saving taxpayers a fortune over the longer haul. The government claims 90 percent of deployment costs come from burying fiber. To read the full story click here |
