[LINK] How far the fibre?

[Craig Sanders]

On Tue, Jul 03, 2007 at 10:03:17AM +0930, Glen Turner wrote:
> The extremely inhospitable bit is pushing it.  A hot and dry climate
> is almost ideal for direct-bury fibre, which is something you can't
> do in more populated areas.

what about the sharks, though?  IIRC, sharks are apparently attracted to
fibre-optic cables and bite through them.  burying all that FO in the desert
will lead to extremely unfortunate evolutionary pressures.  people just dont
think of the consequences.

craig

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