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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. WTF? by Junior+J.+Junior+III · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    How is one causing the other? What's fiber got to do with sinkholes and sewage?

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  2. Re:bah by Thumpnugget · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Request to moderators: Mod down anyone who says "I know I'll be modded down for this."

    I know I'll be modded down for this.

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  3. Big Government by ValuJet · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    When will big government stop interfering with the private sector?

  4. Re:Dear gods, its just an optical cable! by Daytona955i · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    and in NYC you pretty much can't dig anywhere. I got to see a section of a NYC street that was being excavated and there were wires and pipes everywhere.

  5. Karma by diamondsw · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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

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