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m463today at 3:59 AM1 replyview on HN

Assuming there are poles (or trenches) for electricity, cable is a modest addition.


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SoftTalkertoday at 3:12 PM

Modern installation is direct bury. There are no trenches, no way to run new cables without new directional drilling. In any already built areas, these projects are constantly hitting gas, water, sewer, cable, electric, and other already buried infrastructure. Maybe (probably) it's still cheaper than launching satellites but it can be quite disruptive.