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  From: Jake Hawkes <jake@infinitylimited.net>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 09:11:52 -0700

Re: Broadband options in SA (was Re: ADSL talk suggestion)

David Lloyd wrote:
> Underground cables generally:
> 
> * don't get blown over by wind

yep - huse problem.

> * don't cause street trees to be lopped

agreed.

> * are less likely to cause fires

those fibre optice get *so* hot.

> * don't get done in by backhoes if people are actually a little more
> careful about what they're doing and are used to having the cables
> underground

unless of course the backhoe operator snags the overhead cables while
dumping the dirt into the truck...

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Jake Hawkes B.Eng, (CSE)

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