I agree as an European resident that is varies by country, but my impression is that it is a lot less. For example, fiber cuts on the European racetrack (London/Paris/Frankfurt/Amsterdam/London) seems to involve buried cable. It may just be a difference in regulatory regimes.
- R. ________________________________ From: NANOG <nanog-boun...@nanog.org> on behalf of Michael Hallgren <m...@xalto.net> Sent: Saturday, September 2, 2017 9:47 PM To: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Moving fibre trunks: interruptions? Le 02/09/2017 à 21:25, Baldur Norddahl a écrit : > That depends on the country. Here in Denmark it is not possible to get > rights to put up any aerial at all. The cost difference is irrelevant when > you have no option but to put it in the ground. > > Not only is there no new aerial installations here but the old ones are > taken down. Very little is left by now and in a few years it will all be > gone. The municipalities want it pretty and wires in the air is ugly. > > One advantage however is that buried stuff usually survives storms better. Right. Here in France it (aerial running along with copper) happens even close to metropoles (like Paris). mh > > Den 1. sep. 2017 21.53 skrev "Rod Beck" <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com>: > > I don't think there is virtually any aerial in Europe. So given the cost > difference why is virtually all fiber buried on this side of the Atlantic?
