On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 12:26, Richard Naylor wrote:
Most towns and cities have prohibited overhead, but there are ways.of allowing it without the Saturn mess. In Nelson teh conent allows one wire in teh same plane as the power lines. For fiber thats just fine. Fiber doesn't mind being attached to the power wires - just get someone who knows what they're doing to do it.
I've never understood what the problem was with Saturn cable on poles. When I lived in Wellington, that cable never bothered me for a second. I always though that people who were bothered by it weren't busy enough.
A major problem NZ has is that it de skilled massively and there are few folks with the clue left. Hence Peter Motts comment yesterday. NZ has a huge skill challenge for the next 10 years.
This goes back to student loans and loss of apprenticeships.
Now, we import labour - and their families (and descendents - forever) -
to fill short term skills gaps.....instead of training our own people.
D'oh
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Steve Withers