Don't even look at your new Apple Card. Your withering stare can weaken the titanium.

speaking of water seeping in... I was recently in New Orleans and one of the major problems with underground lines in a flood plain is exactly that: flooding (go figure). I was talking to a Doctor in a coffee shop and he was saying not only is the fiber connecting the hospitals extant completely destroyed, but so is the entire fiber network in NO, public school fiber is sunk, private school fiber is sunk, the whole system of underground power and net traffic is sunk. above ground lines didnt fare any better, 9 months later there are still gaping holes in the power grid and net coverage... so maybe there are environmental conditions, like huge hurricanes and being near or below sea level that prevent ares from reaching a cost-effective and relatively failure free infrastructure, above or below ground.

what other possible solutions could there be beside above ground or buried lines? personal genereators/satellite uplinks?