Conduit Minute

A recent article from Fierce Network laid bare the growing problem of intentional fiber cable cuts in the United States. In the second half of 2024 alone, US ISPs reported 5,700 instances of infrastructure damage. In June 2025, cuts in Van Nuys, California caused outages for over 50,000 residential subscribers and 500 business, including emergency services and a military base.

Dura-Line’s Business Development Manager, Kevin Jolly, was recently invited to participate in the Canadian Rural & Remote Community (CRRBC) Eastern Conference. We caught up with Kevin to get his impressions of the event and to find out more about his topic – distributed fiber optic sensing – and its potential impact in Canada.

There are currently over 6 million miles of distribution power lines in the US today, most of them above ground. Much of this infrastructure is ageing and may not be resilient and reliable enough for the transition to renewable energy. Moreover, increasing extreme weather events already pose a serious threat to above ground infrastructure on utility poles and towers.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike has been an integral part of life for communities and travelers across the Northeastern United States since 1940. For the Turnpike’s planners and managers, ensuring safe and efficient travel is a constant priority, and as holders of enormous potential in rights of way, they also have an opportunity to provide middle mile connectivity to underserved and rural communities across Pennsylvania.

State departments of transportation (DOTs) are deploying fiber along roadways across the US for a wide range of applications that improve public safety and make travel more efficient.