At 09:03 a.m. 28/12/2003 +1300, Juha Saarinen wrote:
Of course it can. There are no practical impediments, only political ones. I'm wondering why it was OK to string cable all over Wellie, but when Telstra was going to do the same here, the NIMBY mayors all stopped it. clue - it was a strategic decision. Early in around 1992 we altered the district plan to allow one more cable, opening a gate for both CityLink and Saturn. It triggered a $450Mill spend with a x10 multiplier in the economy. That 3 line clause was as big as the LOTR project.
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. 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. rich