This process is called micro trenching for a reason, not meant to be more than a few inches deep so I'm not sure why so many comments saying it needs to be several feet deep. This is likely in the south as well. Is it the best method? No, in some areas, and yes in others. We have done a good amount of this, but we mostly cut concrete over bridges with walkways, down public walks, parking lots, or along the roadside edge where blocking traffic and major property tear out isn't an option. We also use hot polymer resin based infill and color match in many cases, along with insulating sand in some projects with wider cuts or rough base. Sometimes the customer just wants asphalt fill, so we give it to them similar to this. In this case, it's clearly city work and done at the lowest attention to detail. I didn't see an inspection, no insulating sand, dyer markers, etc. We would have put a bright orange dyed fill a few inches above the conduit so when resurfacing happens they see the color if they get too deep. When we cross streets we find out what the cities resurfacing depth is, usually 2-4 inches max so 6 inch depth isn't going to get touched. Obviously a full road removal is going to rip it up. Despite a sub par job, that fiber will last a long time.
@bhearit577527 күн бұрын
god i hate internet install contractors only putting cable/fiber 0.5-5 inches deep when it should atleast be 1ft
@danieldebreczeni7021Ай бұрын
Do you guys want some more work?
@keng528Ай бұрын
Grid down made easy...
@user-cj1yx8xv5nАй бұрын
As an HDD contractor 🤦♂ cutting a perfectly good road for fiber is crazy how can there village allow such a thing.
@miguelmorales33134 ай бұрын
Wonder who is going to blame who when it is time to replace the concrete of the road.
@scotty94105 ай бұрын
Taking the trades out of workers. Hacks
@CarlosReyes-xm7rp5 ай бұрын
need to see them feet moving.....
@alexrralex9 ай бұрын
That is big black tablet, that liquid they put inside and where is sealant?
@egwaluesimuwilfred894611 ай бұрын
Am a fiber installer in Uganda but earn less than 200 USD without any allowance, would like to work with such tools and better pay
@WombleUK11 ай бұрын
Looka like road works in the US are the same as here in the UK, 1 bloke doing the work with 9 others standing around supervising.
@roberto.gallegos11 ай бұрын
How I’m the world is that deep enough to keep it from being damaged during ashfault and concrete work. But I guess that isn’t there problem.
@doobs93006911 ай бұрын
Im with most of these people in the comments. This video was interesting but as someone who did this work for three years with a plow and jt20 directional drill, this was hard to watch. Thanks for the upload anyways and watch out for the rainbow tree roots.
@ericwendel125811 ай бұрын
6 inches deep! Nice. No wonder why this shit gets ripped out everyday and where’s your markouts?
@SuperMatt211211 ай бұрын
As per usual, the comments are epic.... lot of know it all talking about things they know nothing about, if you read the title it should not surprise anyone, it's google, they can do whatever they want. statutes, rules, regulations and policy go out the window.
@xvhkgreen629711 ай бұрын
you know nothing.
@xvhkgreen629711 ай бұрын
I bet these guys getting $60/$100 an hour sweeping the sidewalk.
@xvhkgreen629711 ай бұрын
Billion dollar company opts for the cheapest installation along with the destruction of public property. Every other utility service would have to bore under the road. NOT GOOGLE! We bribed your officials and we can now do what we want. EVEN BETTER! We did this job so cheap, than when if fails because it's so shallow, we're allowed to do it again. What's even better is ultimately the people of Huntsville are the ones who will pay in more ways than one with this shoddy install. They could have bored under the road and Google would still have made more money than they knew what to do with it.
@xvhkgreen629711 ай бұрын
who are you? the statutes, rules, regulations and policy police?
@xvhkgreen629711 ай бұрын
its people like you that let this happen.
@kittyhawk988611 ай бұрын
I have never see a fatter bunch! Go America!
@jessiesorbet243411 ай бұрын
"Ditchcraft" - The practice of professionally operating a Ditch Witch....
@orellaminx353011 ай бұрын
Six people on the job, only two doing the bulk of the work. A third dude finally picks up a shovel after like ten minutes and does like 30 seconds of work. Living up to the stereotype.
@driatrogenesis11 ай бұрын
yup You drive by any municipal construction project and its the same Private projects are a diff story, but anything done at state, or local govt is absolute trash, and you notice there are always wasting money! They will spend money just to spend it because they wint get thst state funding next yr if they dont spend it they prob hire extra people just to spend money
@teebu11 ай бұрын
I bet these guys getting $60/$100 an hour sweeping the sidewalk.
@driatrogenesis11 ай бұрын
at tax payer expense but hey we all need 100 gbps so we can be brainwashed some more
@IesKorpershoek11 ай бұрын
So, they must rewire it when a new road surface must be put in. This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.
@flylitpilot420211 ай бұрын
Wat are some fiber optic companies that are hiring in California?
@seymorgorde11 ай бұрын
Micro-trenching is too elegant for this low work.
@chuckh.222711 ай бұрын
That poor machine needs some love
@rickslife11 ай бұрын
This sure doesn’t seem permanent.
@wojomojo11 ай бұрын
They need more workers standing around talking to each other. It'll go faster that way.
@whoogoesthere11 ай бұрын
I see so many flaws with this. This cheap BS will cost Google dearly down the road in repair cost.
@gplarry11 ай бұрын
dont do this in florida. it might fall in.
@td38911 ай бұрын
Cut the cable too short. How is anyone going to tie in? Or was just that just a hollow tube for the fiber to go into? Should have put a sealer over everything. Snow will melt, freeze and expand and create the need to repair the road.
@cnt203511 ай бұрын
Typical...three guys to do the job of one
@zimbabwesteve462011 ай бұрын
Micro trenching is done as a faster more inexpensive way to run fiber to customers . If the road is repaved, or planning to be replaced they would end up running it in con. Micro trenching is good for areas that permitting and directional boring are not practical. This is a quick, cheap, easy way to get fiber internet without the overhead
@thecasualfly11 ай бұрын
Don't tell that to the armchair experts
@turbodeiseltruck11 ай бұрын
Dumbest shit ever so when they re asphalt it thell tear out the fiber. Good job guys
@TrustTheScience11 ай бұрын
Seven project managers, 3 people to do the work lol
@tg975411 ай бұрын
This looks like an abortion. I've installed fiber and you always need slack at the end to polish and terminate the ends. Even if the was pre-polished and terminated, it looks like the installer cut the ends off with a knife. Possibly they will insert fiber through the tubing after everything is done. What does everyone else think?
@garygsp311 ай бұрын
Billion dollar company opts for the cheapest installation along with the destruction of public property. Every other utility service would have to bore under the road. NOT GOOGLE! We bribed your officials and we can now do what we want. EVEN BETTER! We did this job so cheap, than when if fails because it's so shallow, we're allowed to do it again. What's even better is ultimately the people of Huntsville are the ones who will pay in more ways than one with this shoddy install. They could have bored under the road and Google would still have made more money than they knew what to do with it. This just pisses me off.
@sigridqwq519811 ай бұрын
Due weisse Mittelschicht wird neu mit Google verdrahtet, Afroamerikaner schlitzen die Strasse auf, druecken den Glasdraht in die Ritze, keine Zuschauer, alle sitzen gebannt hinter den Gardinen......warten auf Godot (Google)............. Gruesse/Greetings...
@giovannifiorentino894711 ай бұрын
Need to come up with a thin large wheel to place the conduit at the bottom of the trench, like the one for the asphalt.
@merchanics563311 ай бұрын
Boy are these workers slow. In the same time chinese workers would have put up a bridge and built a few road for fun.
@Mike_511 ай бұрын
When the road gets resurfaced with new Tarmac everyone will loose their service?
@sparkythebuilder11 ай бұрын
I guess directional boring wasn't invented yet?
@tombo55200111 ай бұрын
With the price to repair faber optic , this sure isn't trying to protect it.oh and cut right through the curb and gutter
@trey663811 ай бұрын
This has to be the most ghetto shit I've ever seen. There's no way that small of a cutting wheel made it all the way through that high back curb. So now if that curb ever has to be replaced, guess what, there's fiber embedded inside of it.
@AM-dn4lk11 ай бұрын
So what happens to the fibre in the road when it is ready to be milled and repaved. Is the fiber removed before milling, or it gets chewed up by the road mill?
@whitexeno11 ай бұрын
They burried it well below where repaving will take place
@edwardbartoneb11 ай бұрын
Depending upon your city, county and state codes. All fiber underground cables should be anywhere between 36 to 42 inches deep. Depending upon the underground utilities. This that you see will likely only last as long as the road. Is not milled up to be replaced by a new road.
@bobdickweed11 ай бұрын
WOW , all that work to put down a garden hose ,
@EpicATrain11 ай бұрын
Wow... That's some seriously lazy, crappy installation. No wonder Google Fiber has so many issues with their lines coming back up to the surface. I've heard horror stories but never seen it. This is NOT the way to install fiber, not even remotely close.
@michaelc.381211 ай бұрын
Don’t forget your respirators! Powdered concrete is very nasty for your lungs!
@rogermoore8977 Жыл бұрын
My friend explained why satellites can't replace fiber cable for communication network is because the distance between earth and satellite then back to earth is too great. The added milliseconds becomes a bottleneck. I still think of how many million miles of roadway on earth have to get a cable.
@sigridqwq519811 ай бұрын
the glasfiber is only fore important peaple, like Bidenfriends, only for homeoffice, like CIA....
@LaFox23 Жыл бұрын
God forbid the road ever has to be ripped up and repaved. Someday they will learn drilling is better.
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Great compaction on the repair...
This process is called micro trenching for a reason, not meant to be more than a few inches deep so I'm not sure why so many comments saying it needs to be several feet deep. This is likely in the south as well. Is it the best method? No, in some areas, and yes in others. We have done a good amount of this, but we mostly cut concrete over bridges with walkways, down public walks, parking lots, or along the roadside edge where blocking traffic and major property tear out isn't an option. We also use hot polymer resin based infill and color match in many cases, along with insulating sand in some projects with wider cuts or rough base. Sometimes the customer just wants asphalt fill, so we give it to them similar to this. In this case, it's clearly city work and done at the lowest attention to detail. I didn't see an inspection, no insulating sand, dyer markers, etc. We would have put a bright orange dyed fill a few inches above the conduit so when resurfacing happens they see the color if they get too deep. When we cross streets we find out what the cities resurfacing depth is, usually 2-4 inches max so 6 inch depth isn't going to get touched. Obviously a full road removal is going to rip it up. Despite a sub par job, that fiber will last a long time.
god i hate internet install contractors only putting cable/fiber 0.5-5 inches deep when it should atleast be 1ft
Do you guys want some more work?
Grid down made easy...
As an HDD contractor 🤦♂ cutting a perfectly good road for fiber is crazy how can there village allow such a thing.
Wonder who is going to blame who when it is time to replace the concrete of the road.
Taking the trades out of workers. Hacks
need to see them feet moving.....
That is big black tablet, that liquid they put inside and where is sealant?
Am a fiber installer in Uganda but earn less than 200 USD without any allowance, would like to work with such tools and better pay
Looka like road works in the US are the same as here in the UK, 1 bloke doing the work with 9 others standing around supervising.
How I’m the world is that deep enough to keep it from being damaged during ashfault and concrete work. But I guess that isn’t there problem.
Im with most of these people in the comments. This video was interesting but as someone who did this work for three years with a plow and jt20 directional drill, this was hard to watch. Thanks for the upload anyways and watch out for the rainbow tree roots.
6 inches deep! Nice. No wonder why this shit gets ripped out everyday and where’s your markouts?
As per usual, the comments are epic.... lot of know it all talking about things they know nothing about, if you read the title it should not surprise anyone, it's google, they can do whatever they want. statutes, rules, regulations and policy go out the window.
you know nothing.
I bet these guys getting $60/$100 an hour sweeping the sidewalk.
Billion dollar company opts for the cheapest installation along with the destruction of public property. Every other utility service would have to bore under the road. NOT GOOGLE! We bribed your officials and we can now do what we want. EVEN BETTER! We did this job so cheap, than when if fails because it's so shallow, we're allowed to do it again. What's even better is ultimately the people of Huntsville are the ones who will pay in more ways than one with this shoddy install. They could have bored under the road and Google would still have made more money than they knew what to do with it.
who are you? the statutes, rules, regulations and policy police?
its people like you that let this happen.
I have never see a fatter bunch! Go America!
"Ditchcraft" - The practice of professionally operating a Ditch Witch....
Six people on the job, only two doing the bulk of the work. A third dude finally picks up a shovel after like ten minutes and does like 30 seconds of work. Living up to the stereotype.
yup You drive by any municipal construction project and its the same Private projects are a diff story, but anything done at state, or local govt is absolute trash, and you notice there are always wasting money! They will spend money just to spend it because they wint get thst state funding next yr if they dont spend it they prob hire extra people just to spend money
I bet these guys getting $60/$100 an hour sweeping the sidewalk.
at tax payer expense but hey we all need 100 gbps so we can be brainwashed some more
So, they must rewire it when a new road surface must be put in. This is the stupidest thing I have ever seen.
Wat are some fiber optic companies that are hiring in California?
Micro-trenching is too elegant for this low work.
That poor machine needs some love
This sure doesn’t seem permanent.
They need more workers standing around talking to each other. It'll go faster that way.
I see so many flaws with this. This cheap BS will cost Google dearly down the road in repair cost.
dont do this in florida. it might fall in.
Cut the cable too short. How is anyone going to tie in? Or was just that just a hollow tube for the fiber to go into? Should have put a sealer over everything. Snow will melt, freeze and expand and create the need to repair the road.
Typical...three guys to do the job of one
Micro trenching is done as a faster more inexpensive way to run fiber to customers . If the road is repaved, or planning to be replaced they would end up running it in con. Micro trenching is good for areas that permitting and directional boring are not practical. This is a quick, cheap, easy way to get fiber internet without the overhead
Don't tell that to the armchair experts
Dumbest shit ever so when they re asphalt it thell tear out the fiber. Good job guys
Seven project managers, 3 people to do the work lol
This looks like an abortion. I've installed fiber and you always need slack at the end to polish and terminate the ends. Even if the was pre-polished and terminated, it looks like the installer cut the ends off with a knife. Possibly they will insert fiber through the tubing after everything is done. What does everyone else think?
Billion dollar company opts for the cheapest installation along with the destruction of public property. Every other utility service would have to bore under the road. NOT GOOGLE! We bribed your officials and we can now do what we want. EVEN BETTER! We did this job so cheap, than when if fails because it's so shallow, we're allowed to do it again. What's even better is ultimately the people of Huntsville are the ones who will pay in more ways than one with this shoddy install. They could have bored under the road and Google would still have made more money than they knew what to do with it. This just pisses me off.
Due weisse Mittelschicht wird neu mit Google verdrahtet, Afroamerikaner schlitzen die Strasse auf, druecken den Glasdraht in die Ritze, keine Zuschauer, alle sitzen gebannt hinter den Gardinen......warten auf Godot (Google)............. Gruesse/Greetings...
Need to come up with a thin large wheel to place the conduit at the bottom of the trench, like the one for the asphalt.
Boy are these workers slow. In the same time chinese workers would have put up a bridge and built a few road for fun.
When the road gets resurfaced with new Tarmac everyone will loose their service?
I guess directional boring wasn't invented yet?
With the price to repair faber optic , this sure isn't trying to protect it.oh and cut right through the curb and gutter
This has to be the most ghetto shit I've ever seen. There's no way that small of a cutting wheel made it all the way through that high back curb. So now if that curb ever has to be replaced, guess what, there's fiber embedded inside of it.
So what happens to the fibre in the road when it is ready to be milled and repaved. Is the fiber removed before milling, or it gets chewed up by the road mill?
They burried it well below where repaving will take place
Depending upon your city, county and state codes. All fiber underground cables should be anywhere between 36 to 42 inches deep. Depending upon the underground utilities. This that you see will likely only last as long as the road. Is not milled up to be replaced by a new road.
WOW , all that work to put down a garden hose ,
Wow... That's some seriously lazy, crappy installation. No wonder Google Fiber has so many issues with their lines coming back up to the surface. I've heard horror stories but never seen it. This is NOT the way to install fiber, not even remotely close.
Don’t forget your respirators! Powdered concrete is very nasty for your lungs!
My friend explained why satellites can't replace fiber cable for communication network is because the distance between earth and satellite then back to earth is too great. The added milliseconds becomes a bottleneck. I still think of how many million miles of roadway on earth have to get a cable.
the glasfiber is only fore important peaple, like Bidenfriends, only for homeoffice, like CIA....
God forbid the road ever has to be ripped up and repaved. Someday they will learn drilling is better.
completely stupid idea