Google Fiber Turns to 'Microtrenching' to Speed up Fiber Build | DSLReports, ISP Information

Google Fiber Turns to 'Microtrenching' to Speed up Fiber Build | DSLReports, ISP Information

Google Fiber Turns to 'Microtrenching' to Speed up Fiber Build Thursday Dec 15 2016 08:30 EST Google Fiber has been experimenting with "microtrenching" in order to speed up deployment of the company's ultra-fast fiber service. The concept itself isn't new, and Google has been experimenting with it for six years or so; but it allows companies to use a machine to dig just 12-inches deep under the edge of the road, avoiding digging on local homeowners' property. Google Fiber tells local Austin media outlets the approach lets them lay lines to more than 50 homes in one day instead of taking up to a month to do the same work. With microtrenching, one machine comes through and digs the hole, lays the fiber, and vacuums up debris. Another machine comes in close behind and fills in the hole with cement. Google Fiber hopes the approach will reduce the types of complaints about broken gas or water lines (or trampled azaleas ) that are pretty common with large-scale fiber builds.

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