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I wish this was a broadly supported and mass manufactured standard and the industry had gone more that way ages ago. Optical for data and still have a couple plain strands of copper (no need for shielding, twisted pairs etc) for power. There isn't any particular reason it should be fantastically expensive beyond lack of mass manufacturing and standards. Ah well.


Honestly it probably only helps installation costs, and not by much. There are no code issues with running standard direct bury copper in the same trench as direct bury fiber, nor are there any code issues (iirc, I am not an electrician) with running them in the same conduit even. Plain direct bury OS2 and 12/2 or 12/3 copper is dirt cheap and the fancy cable they use for generators that has 12/3 plus additional current sense conductors isn't that much more expensive.




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