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funderpantz t1_ivr458q wrote

Reply to comment by necro_owner in Frequency of billion-dollar natural disasters in the US (2021 dollars), 1980 – 2022 [OC] by USAFacts_Official

Read the first line under the legend

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floopy_loofa t1_ivrbfpz wrote

Yeah, we know. But a simple phone line can be spliced almost anywhere, repaired for cheap, and quick. Comparatively, a fiber line can't even be remotely fixed that fast or cheaply. Many times the line needs completely replaced which is insanely expensive and labor intensive. Infrastructure is just genuinely more expensive now than it was even in the 90's.

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