Here is the recent update from SF DPW:
"Thanks for writing. Public Works’ current microtrenching standards are aligned with those of the California Public Utilities Commission. Because many San Francisco streets have existing utilities that are shallower than telecom companies like Sonic would need to safely install fiber, the ability to realistically underground on those streets requires enhanced coordination when the City is performing replacement of a street’s concrete base (which happens during full street reconstructions as detailed here). My understanding is that Sonic’s fiber lines are best installed below the concrete street base. If there are no existing plans for concrete base reconstruction and existing utilities are too shallow for telecom companies to trench on a given street, that street is not a good current candidate for utility undergrounding.
I believe Sonic and Public Works engineers were going to look at specific streets that could work for enhanced undergrounding coverage, but I have not been involved in those discussions if they’ve taken place. Sonic representatives may have more info on that piece."
... which to me sounds like we're stuck. I was told my street is years away from any road work.
I literally cannot pay for any better Internet, and it's so f***ing frustrating.
"Thanks for writing. Public Works’ current microtrenching standards are aligned with those of the California Public Utilities Commission. Because many San Francisco streets have existing utilities that are shallower than telecom companies like Sonic would need to safely install fiber, the ability to realistically underground on those streets requires enhanced coordination when the City is performing replacement of a street’s concrete base (which happens during full street reconstructions as detailed here). My understanding is that Sonic’s fiber lines are best installed below the concrete street base. If there are no existing plans for concrete base reconstruction and existing utilities are too shallow for telecom companies to trench on a given street, that street is not a good current candidate for utility undergrounding.
I believe Sonic and Public Works engineers were going to look at specific streets that could work for enhanced undergrounding coverage, but I have not been involved in those discussions if they’ve taken place. Sonic representatives may have more info on that piece."
... which to me sounds like we're stuck. I was told my street is years away from any road work.
I literally cannot pay for any better Internet, and it's so f***ing frustrating.
Statistics: Posted by capp662 — Mon Oct 21, 2024 3:42 pm