content: Why hasn't anyone figured out an inexpensive way to lay cable under a road without digging it up at all?  Actually, the solution already exists... there are machines that cut a "slot" into the road deep enough to bury a cable but small enough to not cause problems. The whole process is quite fast. This is how it works  http://www.tullochdev.co.uk/projects/shetland-telecom-fibre-optic-cable