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- swordedge, on 05/12/2009, -0/+105For $400 dollars, yeah, I'd break out the shovel too!
- benologist, on 05/12/2009, -0/+90If I was a teenager growing up in Norway I'd be buying a shovel and door knocking about now. These people want to save $400 but they'd probably pay $100 *not* to dig the trench themselves.
- dsmx, on 05/12/2009, -7/+59Also most americans are too fat to dig a trench.
- angularvelocity, on 05/12/2009, -0/+49I wish more ISPs start providing cheap fibre connections. Copper is dead now.
- Izzmo, on 05/11/2009, -2/+46I wish American ISP's would do this. Although, when you think about it... most people would probably screw something up and cost more money than if the ISP's were to just do it themselves.
- maximilen, on 05/12/2009, -0/+29You're doing it wrong. I would hire the teenagers to do it for me on cheap labor, and I would hire 10 at a time. That way I would dig up the entire city of Oslo without getting a single blister. And make some dough.
- cheezintern, on 05/12/2009, -1/+19This is a great idea. My old neighbor (in NY) dug his own 600 foot long trench to run cable to his house from the street, only to find the cable company will only hook up their network to lines installed by their own contractor......needless to say, the guy went with a satellite dish instead.
- ergo98, on 05/12/2009, -1/+19Uh...what? FiOS is a fiber to the home (or premise) solution. What are you talking about?
- Aldanga, on 05/12/2009, -0/+17FTA:
"As for the future, Lyse can ramp up the speed dramatically once all that precious fiber is in the ground; its partners are already testing both 100Mbps and 1,000Mbps connections."
I'm still sitting on 1.5Mbps. That's just sick. - maximilen, on 05/12/2009, -1/+18Depends where you are... It's quite easy digging a trench in say, rich dark Alabaman soil; not so easy in the bone-dry, rock-the-size-of-your-fist laden clay of Southern California.
- gilbertj9, on 05/12/2009, -1/+16then why do 80% of people do it?
- SimCutie, on 05/12/2009, -1/+16What a smart business idea! US ISP should provide similar option for their customer.
Good exercise, fantastic Internet speed, single bill for phone/cable/Internet service, and it will save good money of the people struggling in bad economy! ISP's will save huge capital investment cost for rolling-out expensive fiber network, too.
I definitely hit shovel to break the ground for the ISP and myself.
Dugg for dig! - benbrooks101, on 05/12/2009, -0/+13Unfourtunatley any UK ISP would never allow this, Health and safety... You know, Nobody can pick up a shovel anymore. It's ***** rediculous.
- tofagerl, on 05/12/2009, -0/+12I was gonna comment this, but then I decided to hire someone to do it for me instead.
- inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+11In the last year I have had to fix my own craptastic connection myself about six times as their techs can't fix anything. If someone other than comcast served my area I would jump ship in a second.
- cptshamrock, on 05/12/2009, -1/+12Free because you have already paid for it (READ: higher monthly bill)
- Peleus, on 05/12/2009, -0/+11I would gladly dig up my backyard to get away from Comcast.
- acknotSW, on 05/12/2009, -0/+10Agreed, the first guy who had a heart attack digging that trench would be suing, that or his family would if he died. Here in america whenever someone gets hurt or dies, it's ALWAYS someone elses fault and that person must be made to pay.
- bakamas, on 05/12/2009, -1/+11Yes it is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon_FiOS - PhilMoskowitz, on 05/12/2009, -0/+10In America would they not only not allow this, they'd go to court to prevent anyone from trying. This ditch digging revenue stream needs to be protected.
- JJ2K1, on 05/12/2009, -4/+14This would not work in the US. The overweight and obese people would start dropping like flies and their family members would start suing the ISPs.
- baconabuse, on 05/12/2009, -0/+9Bell, Rogers and Telus would charge you for the privilege of digging your own ditch then charge a monthly "ground access" fee.
- turpenine, on 05/12/2009, -0/+9slaves from sweden? you ***** with me?
poland... i can see. - inactive, on 05/12/2009, -5/+14I don't think people realize how much of a pain digging a trench can be...
Also, Verizon FIOS had free installation. - inactive, on 05/12/2009, -0/+9Douchebag fail
- iamthearm, on 05/12/2009, -0/+9Errrr, it is kid.
- garrettg84, on 05/12/2009, -0/+8pfft, all diggers are fat, they can digg fine....
- cshelton13, on 05/12/2009, -0/+8because this particular isp charges $400 to do it. I would dig my own trench to save that kind of bread.
- JAHred, on 05/12/2009, -0/+8galv, there is no free lunch
- nextekcarl, on 05/12/2009, -0/+7I had a 'friend' who noticed some resistance when he tried to drive his car out of the driveway, so he gunned it. Turns out that resistance was the garden hose that had gotten wrapped around part of his car, which he figured out when this fountain appeared next to the house from the piping that had been ripped open!
- molochi, on 05/12/2009, -1/+8Most Americans would pop over to Home Despot, rent a trench digger for $100, and pay an "operator" $50 to do it if they would save $250 and an infinite wait on the ISP to do it.
- theonlywizdum, on 05/12/2009, -0/+7Tell me about it. Me and my dad went through all the satellite, phone, and cable lines in our house. We organized everything in raceways along the basement ceiling, drilled holes in our floor where the cable wouldn't be seen (we have hardwood flooring thats been in the house since the 30s). When we switched to a new satellite company (Dish Network), they said we had to have a "professional" installation done. The "professionals" ripped out all our old cable, drilled new holes in the middle of our hardwood flooring, let the wires drape down off the basement ceiling, running in spider web patterns, and lit our vinyl siding on fire when they grounded the cable to the live 220v wire for our clothes dryer. We did get some form of revenge. When the fire started, the tech grabbed the wire to pull it away from the house, and he got knocked on his ass from the electric shock. He was perfectly fine, and it would have been funnier if OUR HOUSE WASN'T ON FIRE.
- o0adam0o, on 05/12/2009, -0/+7I used to work installing irrigation systems in homes... this should not take you over a workday unless u lived in a farm or had a huge yard.... and if u make $400 a day then you dont need the discount.
- redux2redux, on 05/12/2009, -0/+7Yeah, I'd rent a 'ditch witch' just to trench thru my Comcast cable and be done with those arrogant a$$holes!
- whatit, on 05/12/2009, -0/+7Have you been paying attention to the comcast commercials again?
- aywwts4, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6Actually I thought it was a huge expense...
All the backbones are already fiber, I know there is fiber just over a block from my house, the most expensive bit has always been the last mile.True for everything, still true today.
General runs are cheap, its when every single home needs an individual run, multiplied by fifty thousand or so that any cost adds up quick.
So far this company has given out over 41 million dollars in trench digging money, no doubt the 400 dollars is not the true cost of the trench, it likely costs them even more to dig it themselves. - Johnglave, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6More to Norway then! *Gets on plane*
- theaceoffire, on 05/12/2009, -1/+7Yes, digging a trench sucks. Thats why you pay some kids $30 to do it for ya.
- 64705, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6They would be swamped by a ***** load of "no win, no fee" claims too.
- yabos, on 05/12/2009, -0/+6The critical things like gas an electricity are burried pretty deep. The only thing you might hit is a phone line or cable tv line. There's no reason you need to dig down 6 feet for your fiber line.
- Rapter09, on 05/12/2009, -4/+9Innovation: Happening everywhere but the United States of America.
(... or anywhere else, really, we ain't getting of this business common sense up in Canada either.) - waluum, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5If a man wants to dig a hole on his property he should be able to do so anytime and anywhere that he wants. To hell with having to have HOA approval anytime you want to put in a new bush or birdhouse. If they make a mistake, let them - some people learn that way.
- merreborn, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5Call before you dig.
- bpoteat, on 05/12/2009, -1/+6Yeah - and the ISP contractors ALWAYS do it right. And if they DO happen to completely ***** up something they always make sure that it gets fixed very quickly.
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I would prefer the option to save myself some money when I have no doubt that I can do a better job than the $6/hr contractors they send out to do it. - Konrad9, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5A friend of mine offered to pay his ISP for the installation of a fiber line to his house from the routing station or whatever it is. He runs his own hosting service out of his house, so it made financial sense for him.
They said no. - fcukthisgame, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5obvious troll is obvious.
- BongWaterSmells, on 05/13/2009, -0/+5and the best part is: in norway, we don't have download/upload limits
- Xfer00, on 05/12/2009, -1/+6Require homeowners who agree to save the $400 to sign an agreement preventing them from suing the ISPs, and it'll both save people money and skinny up our population through both work and trimming down the top-end of the population.
Actually, maybe trench digging should be required for internet access; if you're not healthy enough to dig a trench the last thing you need is internet anyways. - phylum, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5we just get crummy cable with a free trench here.
- poidh, on 05/12/2009, -0/+5With synchronous upload speeds, let's hope those Norwegians fill up their hard drives with media and like to share :)
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