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Originally Posted by Peter Ward
Clearly all, systems in a modern society have pressures on them to be upgraded, but I doubt you need optical fibre to run a train.
Agreed, this is not the thread to soapbox on other priorities. My concern is simply that having a compulsory high speed data link to my home doesn't leave me feeling all warm and fuzzy when I'm sitting in grid-lock or being slugged with onerous utility bills.
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Out on a job an couldn't respond.
Peter I believe you suffer the same symptoms that I occasionally do that is respond without reading. Train are run by drivers, signalling is other features usually on the track. When I left the railway they were implementing fibre anyway, the link not only provide fast data they also provide consistent data communications.
The links we established not only supplied the train traffic lights but also other things including telephone systems, telemetry system to locate faults and send back specific details of the faults etc, because the copper network was failing even at that time.
Utilities are state government and if you live in the east then it is also private.