Replying to @datenwolf@chaos.social
@datenwolf @brouhaha Where power was overhead, it still is today in rural areas in many cases.
Communications was put in the ground mostly in germany, I guess it helped when in the 80s they laid cable TV, Bundespost just renewed telephone cables as well where they were still overhead.
But not all europe is the same. I was in Valencia Spain ~10years ago. Big city, however much telco cables at the wall in 2m height. Beautiful restored old buildings and then this cable mess 😵💫