Atlanta's Battle With Telecom Street Cuts
6 March 2001 - 11:00am
Atlanta passes a law that requires companies laying fiber optic cable to return the street to it's original condition.
A new law "encourages telecommunication companies racing to build their fiber-optic network for high-speed Internet and other services to coordinate their construction schedules with the city. The hope is that companies will work together, possibly hiring one contractor to install the plastic conduit so the same street isn't cut open again and again."
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New law aims to protect Atlanta streets
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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 6, 2001
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