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Sonic is starting to roll out their gigabit fiber system in the Sunset area of San Francisco. (https://forums.sonic.net/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1085&start=170) SF has a new law restricting the placement of equipment cabinets at ground level. (http://sfdpw.org/index.aspx?page=1692) Here's the site for protesting against equipment cabinets in SF. (http://sfbeautiful.org/portfolio/protest-boxes/) Sonic has to work with that.

This is more of a problem in medium density residential areas. In high density areas, big buildings often lease basement space to utilities. In low density areas, there's lots of room for infrastructure. It's the suburban areas where people obsess on lawn care where this is a problem.