06-30-2018, 12:12 AM
And then there is this
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Tyler Thompson said it was a Google fiber bloodbath.
It was like a horror movie almost, like you saw them coming through with the big machine, and just all the wires were going everywhere,” said the East Nashville resident.
Working from home on Calvin Avenue, she’d watched from her front porch as public works contractors began to remove the top layer of her street for repaving, and immediately tore into the Google Fiber lines beneath.
Down the street, Kyle Komline knew the promises of non-stop high-speed internet service would come to a sudden halt.
“The cable is supposed to be buried deep enough that this wouldn't happen when they paved. And we signed up for Google fiber knowing it wouldn't be interrupted for paving,” Komline said.
Both Thompson and Komline both work from home and had no internet service for days.
Cortnye Stone, a spokeswoman for Metro Public Works, said seven months ago the city mandated that fiber lines be buried four inches deep, including on repair project.
But the News4 I-Team took a tape measure to see how deep the lines were re-buried and found at the corner of 15th Street and Calvin Avenue, the fiber was buried only two inches deep.
NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - Tyler Thompson said it was a Google fiber bloodbath.
It was like a horror movie almost, like you saw them coming through with the big machine, and just all the wires were going everywhere,” said the East Nashville resident.
Working from home on Calvin Avenue, she’d watched from her front porch as public works contractors began to remove the top layer of her street for repaving, and immediately tore into the Google Fiber lines beneath.
Down the street, Kyle Komline knew the promises of non-stop high-speed internet service would come to a sudden halt.
“The cable is supposed to be buried deep enough that this wouldn't happen when they paved. And we signed up for Google fiber knowing it wouldn't be interrupted for paving,” Komline said.
Both Thompson and Komline both work from home and had no internet service for days.
Cortnye Stone, a spokeswoman for Metro Public Works, said seven months ago the city mandated that fiber lines be buried four inches deep, including on repair project.
But the News4 I-Team took a tape measure to see how deep the lines were re-buried and found at the corner of 15th Street and Calvin Avenue, the fiber was buried only two inches deep.