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Isn't it easier to hang optic cable on the poles? It seems that burying the cable requires more work.

As for utility boxes along the track, it could be something railway-related, for example, some railway control or monitoring equipment.





If you hang your fibre optic cable from poles, you will inevitably evolve flying backhoes.

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A few inches of dirt protects against cables darkening from nuclear blasts, if you care about that sort of thing.

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It is easier, but it is also far more vulnerable and won't last nearly as long.

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They are too vulnerable to the elements there.

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