On Sat, Jul 14, 2018 at 08:54:25AM -0600, Miles Fidelman wrote: [...] > I find myself driving down Route 66. On our way through Arizona, I > was surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links. > They pretty much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect > there's a lot of fiber buried.
Not a lot of fiber. If there was, the following wouldn't be needed: https://uto.asu.edu/sun-corridor-network-project-plans-broadband-access-along-i-40 There *are* a number of fiber builds in the area, but none of them are a coherent build across the region.