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Comments on news posted 2008-10-21 09:41:04: In May, Connecticut's DPUC ruled that AT&T must get the approval of landowners and municipalities before it plunks down a controversial VRAD near (or on) a CT resident's lawn. ..

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qworster

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FIOS is no better!

I went by my old apartment last weekend to see some friends and attached to the phone pole in front of the building is a FIOS fiber node. There are about six 1 1/2 inch thick black cables going into a box that's about 2 feet wide by 3 feet tall. The box is about 3 feet off the ground. It was already all tagged and quite an eyesore! Not only that, someone could easily crack their head on it getting out of the passenger side of a car (I say this because my wife almost did).

How is this any better then what AT&T is doing? At least theirs are on the ground and the wires come in from underneath. These big fiber cables come right down the pole and go into the top of this box.

It's fugly.
permalink · 2008-10-21 15:12:32 · Print · Reply to this

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Re: FIOS is no better!

said by qworster See Profile :

I went by my old apartment last weekend to see some friends and attached to the phone pole in front of the building is a FIOS fiber node. There are about six 1 1/2 inch thick black cables going into a box that's about 2 feet wide by 3 feet tall. The box is about 3 feet off the ground. It was already all tagged and quite an eyesore! Not only that, someone could easily crack their head on it getting out of the passenger side of a car (I say this because my wife almost did).
I'd WELCOME a fios box in front of my house.
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permalink · 2008-10-21 22:58:59 · Print · Reply to this

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Not a VRAD

said by Karl Bode See Profile :

Update: AT&T spokesman Seth Bloom tells me it was an ordinary POTS (plain old telephone service) cabinet that was violently murdered, and not an AT&T VRAD.
That was obvious to some of us by just reading the article that you used for your reference (you did read it before you posted it didn't you?).

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Someone jealous they were stuck on vanilla DSL? Ok, I'll stop now.

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permalink · 2008-10-21 15:59:15 · Print · Reply to this

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VRAD's

These VRADS are very poorly designed. For crying out loud the glass covered power meter is exposed! It's just sitting there waiting to be smashed by a 2x4 or someone's bumper.

These things are a vandals best friend.
permalink · 2008-10-21 19:05:53 · Reply to this
Austinloop

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Austin, TX

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Re: VRAD's

The power meter is the property of the power company. If it is damaged, they get to replace it, not AT&T. My experience has been that the main problem with electric meters is them getting stolen by some lowlife who has been disconnected by the electric company.

By the way, that configuration is pretty common for RT's and some cable nodes that I have seen.
permalink · 2008-10-21 19:52:39 · Reply to this
spudmanmike

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Gales Ferry, CT

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From my town!

Its funny, I read this article yesterday and I live ~1 mile from the scene. It definately is an old one, AT&T hasn't bothered to put in the new crap in our area yet. Comcrap needs the competition.

EDIT: My bad, this reply got posted on its own..

»www.theday.com/re.aspx?re=427448···7dd4298b is the story
permalink · 2008-10-21 22:36:11 · Reply to this
mrvid

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Levittown, NY

A drive by VRAD blowout, whats next..

lets hope there will not be repeat attempts, AT&T may have to put camera's in these things. It reminds me of the phone booth vandalism issues years ago.
permalink · 2008-10-22 20:23:13 · Reply to this
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