Verizon and the...
Verizon and the city of New York formed a one-year fiber micro-trenching agreement, the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications said Tuesday. The city’s Department of Transportation also signed the agreement. The telco will install fiber in…
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multiple pre-approved locations, with other providers potentially able to use excess capacity, the department said. Micro-trenching is the “process of installing small conduits within the edges of the sidewalk to house fiber optic cabling,” it explained (http://on.nyc.gov/104dD0H). “A quick, low-impact deployment method, fiber optic cabling is inserted into a small slot-cut trench without damaging or disrupting existing infrastructure.” This pilot will last through November and expand and improve broadband access, the city said. Verizon will report to the city on the effectiveness of the pilot once it’s done, as the city contemplates a more widespread application of the process, according to the formal agreement (http://on.nyc.gov/14LsQIM).