> What's  the bigger picture around why you're doing this? Mechanical
> strength
> is next to nothing. The hole plating is not bonded to the board
substrate,
> leaving only the pad's attachment to the board and the scrawny trace.

There's a lot of them, and it's a client requirement. 




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