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Comment by somat

1 month ago

I would guess directional boring. They can start a bore and sort of drive it around corners.

20 years ago when they were putting fiber in all over the place here, they would bore around a whole cul-de-sac in one go. In several cases breaking every water service line on their way through.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directional_boring

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