Pretty much. Here is an example of permitting requirements for underground. Underground costs 5-12/foot (or more in urban areas) whereas aerial can be as low as $2/foot.
Jared Mauch > On Sep 1, 2017, at 6:38 PM, Ricky Beam <jfb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, 01 Sep 2017 15:52:40 -0400, Rod Beck >> <rod.b...@unitedcablecompany.com> wrote: >> 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? > > Aerial is simple and fast... pull the cable through a stringer, move to the > next pole and repeat; when a section (about a mile) is done, it's hoisted > into the air and tied to the pole. The stringers are then moved to the next > mile of poles and the process repeats. > > Buried stuff requires a great deal of planning, permitting, and insurance. > You have to know everything that's ever been stuffed in the ground within > half a mile of where you're working to avoid the inevitable cutting of > something important -- gas, water, sewer, power, other telcom, even vacuum > tube lines and subways. And then you need trenching gear to get stuff in the > ground, and crews to come along behind to remediate the "environmental > damage". > > (Once the conduit is in the ground, it's a trivial matter to blow whatever > you need through it.)
