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Man who built ISP instead of paying Comcast $50K expands to hundreds of homes

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1135 points carride | 1 comments | 10 Aug 22 13:23 UTC | HN request time: 0.2s | source
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tryptophan ◴[10 Aug 22 15:04 UTC] No.32413212[source]▶
Crazy idea, but why can't we just buy some armored cable and let it lie on the ground? People can bury it themselves if it really bothers them.

A lot of these people dont seem rich enough to justify caring about it being pretty...

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1. cptcobalt ◴[10 Aug 22 15:44 UTC] No.32413919[source]▶
I think it's acceptable to expect better. If we didn't, we'd probably have surface level sewer, water, fiber, cable, etc; all laying about, probably causing trip hazards. And these industries would probably lobby and set archaic and asinine rules for how the burial happens, and make you pay 10x the cost of what it really takes to use one of their approved contractors, because you're indulging in the luxury of having hidden basic-needs infrastructure.