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Fl. County Halts FTTP Until Installation Is Safer

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what's-a-little-sewage-compared-to-a-fiber-line dept.

celerityfm writes "Warning: Deploying Verizon's new Fiber To The Premises (FTTP, see previous) in YOUR neighborhood may involve geysers of raw sewage spewing onto your front yard or sinkholes opening and swallowing moving vehicles. Well, Hillsborough County, host to one of the first FTTP trial sites, has ordered Verizon to stop deployment of FTTP until they can figure out how to stop creating sinkholes that open up under minivans with children inside. No word on whether SBC is having similar problems with their fiber roll-out."

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  1. A Little Trite? by Skye16 · · Score: 5, Funny

    >> Warning: Deploying Verizon's new Fiber To The Premises (FTTP, see previous) in YOUR neighborhood may involve geysers of raw sewage spewing onto your front yard or sinkholes opening and swallowing moving vehicles.

    Still sounds like a pretty fair deal to me!

    1. Re:A Little Trite? by SEWilco · · Score: 5, Funny
      One of the things Japan does with their infrastructure is they run everything overhead.

      But it sure makes a mess when a bird pecks through the overhead sewage lines.

    2. Re:A Little Trite? by ArsonSmith · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yea, most Cable companies put geysers of raw sewage right in peoples living rooms.

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  2. Not on my premises, thank you.... by kngthdn · · Score: 5, Funny

    Verizon: Delivering the wrong sort of fiber.

  3. "until installation is safer" by codergeek42 · · Score: 5, Funny

    thank God! We didn't want Joe Q Public running their own unpatched IIS servers, did we?

  4. Low Bid Contractors by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Verizon's getting their money's worth.

    next on news 10, more sh!t than usual with your internet connection...

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  5. Expected outcome by GillBates0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    It's well known that fiber "bulks up" waste and moves it through the colon more rapidly, preventing constipation and leading to larger, softer stools.

    Large scale deployment of fiber is quite likely to lead to "geysers of raw sewage" if not properly contained.

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  6. What kind of speeds are we talking about? by heldlikesound · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because if I can crawl out of a sewage filed sinkhole and download new Slackware ISO's in under a minute, you may have yourself a deal.

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  7. Re:FS by swordboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Right, but can you get it to open only for minivans with children in them?

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  8. children and fiber by Tumbleweed · · Score: 5, Funny

    Okay, so some kids may be lost, but this is fiber to the home we're talking about here! Some sacrifices must be made.

    Besides, it's not like they're taxpayers or anything. Plus, what're they gonna DO, CRY about it? Puh-lease. Stupid cry-babies.

  9. Re:Karma by Megaweapon · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, anybody know if the county voted Republican or Democrat?

    Hmmmm, geysers of raw sewage... Nope, still sounds like either party.

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  10. Old wisdom made new by Bastian · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you're ever going out into the wilderness, bring a PVC pipe with you. If you get lost, you can bury it in the ground, and a Verizon crew will be along shortly to break it.