Ndi 7 koloko m'mawa pa tsiku lozizira komanso lowala la m'nyengo yozizira kumidzi ya Koniko County, ndipo ogwira ntchito akugwira kale ntchito mwakhama.
Ma trenchers achikasu owala a Vermeer ankawala kwambiri dzuwa la m'mawa, akudula pang'onopang'ono dongo lofiira m'mphepete mwa chingwe chamagetsi cha Alabama kunja kwa Evergreen. Mapaipi anayi a polyethylene okhala ndi mitundu yokwana 1¼ inchi, opangidwa ndi polyethylene yolimba yabuluu, yakuda, yobiriwira, ndi lalanje, komanso tepi yochenjeza ya lalanje inayikidwa bwino pamene inkayenda pansi pofewa. Mapaipiwo amayenda bwino kuchokera ku ng'oma zinayi zazikulu - imodzi pa mtundu uliwonse. Chidutswa chilichonse chimatha kunyamula mapaipi okwana mamita 5,000 kapena pafupifupi kilomita imodzi.
Patapita kanthawi kochepa, wofukula anatsatira chotchingira, kuphimba chitoliro ndi dothi ndikusuntha chidebecho mobwerezabwereza. Gulu la akatswiri, lopangidwa ndi makontrakitala apadera ndi akuluakulu a magetsi ku Alabama, limayang'anira ntchitoyi, kuonetsetsa kuti zinthu zikuyenda bwino komanso kuti zinthu zikuyenda bwino.
Patatha mphindi zochepa, gulu lina linatsatira mgalimoto yonyamula katundu yokhala ndi zida zapadera. M'modzi mwa ogwira ntchito akuyenda kudutsa m'ngalande yodzaza ndi madzi, akufalitsa mosamala mbewu za udzu wakomweko. Kenako galimoto yonyamula katundu yokhala ndi chopopera udzu chomwe chimapopera udzu pa mbewuzo. Udzuwo umasunga mbewuzo pamalo ake mpaka zitamera, zomwe zimabwezeretsa njira yolowera ku malo ake oyambirira asanamangidwe.
Pafupifupi makilomita 10 kumadzulo, kunja kwa famu, gulu lina likugwira ntchito pansi pa chingwe chomwecho chamagetsi, koma ndi ntchito yosiyana kwambiri. Apa chitolirocho chinali chodutsa m'dziwe la famu la maekala 30 lomwe lili ndi kuya kwa mamita 40. Izi ndi pafupifupi mamita 35 kuzama kuposa ngalande yomwe inakumbidwa ndikudzazidwa pafupi ndi Evergreen.
Pa nthawiyi, gululo linayika chida chowongolera chomwe chimawoneka ngati china chake chochokera mu kanema wa steampunk. Chobowoleracho chili ndi shelufu pomwe pali "chuck" yachitsulo yolemera yomwe imagwirira gawo la chitoliro chobowolera. Makinawo amakankhira ndodo zozungulira m'nthaka imodzi ndi imodzi, ndikupanga ngalande ya mamita 1,200 yomwe chitolirocho chidzadutsamo. Ngalandeyo ikakumba, ndodoyo imachotsedwa ndipo payipiyo imakokedwa kudutsa dziwe kuti igwirizane ndi mtunda wautali wa payipi womwe uli pansi pa zingwe zamagetsi kumbuyo kwa chobowoleracho.
Makilomita asanu kumadzulo, m'mphepete mwa munda wa chimanga, gulu la Third Crew linagwiritsa ntchito pulawo yapadera yomwe inali kumbuyo kwa bulldozer kuti liyike mapaipi ena pamzere womwewo wamagetsi. Apa ndi njira yofulumira, yokhala ndi nthaka yofewa, yolimidwa bwino komanso yosalala yomwe imapangitsa kuti zikhale zosavuta kupita patsogolo. Pulowo inayenda mwachangu, kutsegula ngalande yopapatiza ndikuyika chitoliro, ndipo ogwira ntchito anadzaza mwachangu zida zolemera.
Iyi ndi gawo la pulojekiti yayikulu ya Alabama Power yoyika ukadaulo wa fiber optic pansi pa nthaka m'mizere yotumizira magetsi ya kampaniyo - pulojekiti yomwe ikulonjeza zabwino zambiri osati kwa makasitomala a kampani yamagetsi okha, komanso kwa madera omwe fiberyo imayikidwa.
“Ndi njira yolumikizirana kwa aliyense,” anatero David Skoglund, yemwe amayang'anira pulojekiti kum'mwera kwa Alabama yomwe ikuphatikizapo kuyika zingwe kumadzulo kwa Evergreen kudzera ku Monroeville kupita ku Jackson. Kumeneko, pulojekitiyi ikupita kum'mwera ndipo pamapeto pake idzalumikizana ndi fakitale ya Alabama Power's Barry ku Mobile County. Pulogalamuyi iyamba mu Seputembala 2021 ndi mtunda wonse wa makilomita pafupifupi 120.
Mapaipi akayikidwa bwino ndipo atakwiriridwa bwino, ogwira ntchito amayendetsa chingwe chenicheni cha fiber optic kudzera m'mapaipi anayi. Mwaukadaulo, chingwecho "chimawombedwa" kudzera mu chitolirocho ndi mpweya wopanikizika ndi parachuti yaying'ono yolumikizidwa kutsogolo kwa mzere. Nyengo ikakhala yabwino, ogwira ntchito amatha kuyika chingwecho mtunda wa makilomita 5.
Ma paipi atatu otsalawo adzakhalabe opanda ntchito pakadali pano, koma mawaya amatha kuwonjezedwa mwachangu ngati pakufunika mphamvu yowonjezera ya ulusi. Kuyika ma channel tsopano ndiyo njira yothandiza kwambiri komanso yotsika mtengo yokonzekera tsogolo pamene mukufunika kusinthana deta yambiri mwachangu.
Atsogoleri a maboma akuganizira kwambiri kukulitsa intaneti yolumikizirana m'boma lonselo, makamaka m'madera akumidzi. Bwanamkubwa Kay Ivey adaitanitsa msonkhano wapadera wa nyumba yamalamulo ya Alabama sabata ino pomwe opanga malamulo akuyembekezeka kugwiritsa ntchito gawo la ndalama za mliri wa boma kuti akulitse intaneti yolumikizirana.
Netiweki ya fiber optic ya Alabama Power idzapindulitsa kampaniyo ndi anthu ammudzi kuchokera ku Alabama NewsCenter pa Vimeo.
Kukula ndi kusintha kwa maukonde a fiber optic a Alabama Power kunayamba m'zaka za m'ma 1980 ndipo kumawonjezera kudalirika ndi kulimba kwa maukonde m'njira zambiri. Ukadaulo uwu umabweretsa luso lapamwamba lolankhulana pa netiweki, zomwe zimathandiza kuti malo olumikizirana azilankhulana. Izi zimathandiza makampani kuyambitsa mapulani apamwamba oteteza omwe amachepetsa chiwerengero cha makasitomala omwe akhudzidwa ndi kuzimitsa kwa magetsi komanso nthawi yomwe kuzimitsa kwa magetsi kukuchitika. Zingwe zomwezi zimapereka msana wodalirika komanso wotetezeka wolumikizirana ndi malo opangira magetsi ku Alabama monga maofesi, malo owongolera magetsi ndi malo opangira magetsi m'dera lonselo.
Mphamvu ya ulusi wa bandwidth yapamwamba imawonjezera chitetezo cha malo akutali pogwiritsa ntchito ukadaulo monga makanema apamwamba kwambiri. Zimathandizanso makampani kukulitsa mapulogalamu okonza zida za substation kutengera momwe zilili—zabwino zina pa kudalirika kwa makina ndi kulimba.
Kudzera mu mgwirizanowu, zomangamanga zatsopanozi zitha kukhala ngati msana wapamwamba wolumikizirana kwa anthu ammudzi, zomwe zimapereka mwayi wogwiritsa ntchito ulusi wofunikira pa ntchito zina, monga intaneti yothamanga kwambiri, m'madera omwe ulusi supezeka.
M'madera ambiri omwe akuchulukirachulukira, Alabama Power ikugwira ntchito ndi ogulitsa am'deralo ndi mabungwe ogwirizana ndi magetsi akumidzi kuti athandize kukhazikitsa ntchito zothamanga kwambiri za intaneti komanso intaneti zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri pa bizinesi ndi chitukuko cha zachuma, maphunziro, chitetezo cha anthu ndi thanzi lawo, komanso moyo wabwino wamagetsi.
"Tikusangalala ndi mwayi womwe netiweki ya fiber iyi ingapereke kwa anthu akumidzi komanso anthu ambiri okhala m'mizinda," adatero George Stegal, Woyang'anira Gulu la Alabama Power Connectivity.
Ndipotu, pafupifupi ola limodzi kuchokera ku Interstate 65, mumzinda wa Montgomery, gulu lina likuyika ulusi ngati gawo la ulusi wothamanga kwambiri womwe ukumangidwa kuzungulira likulu la dzikolo. Monga momwe zilili ndi madera ambiri akumidzi, ulusi wozungulira ulusi udzapereka ntchito za Alabama Power zomangamanga zolumikizirana mwachangu komanso kusanthula deta, komanso kulumikizana kwa intaneti mtsogolo m'derali.
Mu mzinda monga Montgomery, kukhazikitsa fiber optics kumabweretsa mavuto ena. Mwachitsanzo, fiber m'malo ena iyenera kuyendetsedwa m'misewu yopapatiza komanso m'misewu yodutsa anthu ambiri. Pali misewu yambiri ndi njanji zoti anthu awoloke. Kuphatikiza apo, muyenera kusamala kwambiri mukakhazikitsa pafupi ndi zomangamanga zina zapansi panthaka, kuyambira pa zimbudzi, madzi ndi gasi mpaka pazingwe zamagetsi zomwe zilipo pansi panthaka, zingwe za foni ndi chingwe. Kwina, malowa amabweretsa mavuto ena: m'madera ena akumadzulo ndi kum'mawa kwa Alabama, mwachitsanzo, mitsinje yakuya ndi mapiri otsetsereka amatanthauza ngalande zobowoledwa mpaka mamita 100 kuya.
Komabe, kukhazikitsa ma network m'boma lonselo kukupita patsogolo pang'onopang'ono, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti lonjezo la Alabama lokhazikitsa netiweki yolumikizirana mwachangu komanso yolimba likhale loona.
“Ndikusangalala kukhala mbali ya pulojekitiyi ndikuthandizira kulumikiza mwachangu kumadera awa,” anatero Skoglund pamene ankayang'ana payipi kudzera m'minda yopanda kanthu ya chimanga kumadzulo kwa Evergreen. Ntchitoyi yakonzedwa kuti isasokoneze kukolola kwa nthawi yophukira kapena kubzala masika.
"Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri m'matauni ang'onoang'ono awa ndi anthu okhala kuno," anawonjezera Skoglund. "Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri m'dziko muno. Ndine wokondwa kutenga gawo laling'ono popangitsa kuti izi zitheke."
Nthawi yotumizira: Okutobala-17-2022