Although in rural Wisconson (Wisconson? Is that in Saskatchewan?) I'm sure it's relatively easy to stick a shovel in the ground and not ruin 25000 people's day, but in larger centers, installing new underground infrastructure around all of the existing water mains, sewer pipes, phone and cable lines, subways, power grid access tunnels, crocodile nests, et cetera is prohibitively expensive, and horribly time-consuming.
You're right, a buried conduit is probably the most stable solution, espcially for data backbones. But for local loops, it's probably not the most cost effective.
Yeah, I've heard about this problem in every building-top laser setup I've ever heard about (one). It took them a long time to figure why it only worked at night.
Perhaps you just need a wider receiver, so it picks up the beam even it is pushed a bit off...
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The simple answer: cost.
Although in rural Wisconson (Wisconson? Is that in Saskatchewan?) I'm sure it's relatively easy to stick a shovel in the ground and not ruin 25000 people's day, but in larger centers, installing new underground infrastructure around all of the existing water mains, sewer pipes, phone and cable lines, subways, power grid access tunnels, crocodile nests, et cetera is prohibitively expensive, and horribly time-consuming.
You're right, a buried conduit is probably the most stable solution, espcially for data backbones. But for local loops, it's probably not the most cost effective.
Yeah, I've heard about this problem in every building-top laser setup I've ever heard about (one). It took them a long time to figure why it only worked at night.
Perhaps you just need a wider receiver, so it picks up the beam even it is pushed a bit off...