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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Dan Shearer <dan@tellurian.com.au>
  Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 08:20:47 +1030

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

On Fri, Dec 01, 2000 at 08:10:18AM +1030, Dan Shearer wrote:

 > On Fri, 1 Dec 2000, Tim Fairchild wrote:
 > > dig another trench. If they lay in another service then it takes even
 > > longer as they work around the existing services. 
 > 
 > The trenches in Adelaide I've been down aren't trenches, they're sets of
 > tubes maybe 200mm in diameter across linking manholes at regular
 > intervals. I'd be interested to hear if this is to be expected in a
 > capital city or if I just happened to have been down unusually sensible
 > manholes.

It depends on how things have been done.  Horizontal boring is usually
used in the suburbs, and that doesn't yield a result anything like what
you've described.

The CBD, however, is full of ducting.  Many major roads are too  -- drive
along South Road between Daws Road and the Cross Road overpass and let
your car's suspension tell you about all the manholes in the left lane
:-/

    - mark

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