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ricep5Premium
join:2000-08-07
Jacksonville, FL | The "Poles" Qwest may own the poles as determined in the original consent decree for the AT&T breakup, however, they are required to share the poles with other utilities (ie: cable) using agreements within each municipality.
SBC tried to kick cable companies off their poles in Illinois by charging an outrageous attachment fee when a Comcast predecessor started offering telephone service. It failed and SBC stopped trying.
The poles as such reside on public right of way and therefore the local government determines their fate, even though a utility may own them outright. What may be bugging Qwest is that UTOPIA got permission to use them and they didn't show up for the hearing for the permits. | | |
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fiberguyMy views are my own.Premium
join:2005-05-20
kudos:3 | said by ricep5:Qwest may own the poles as determined in the original consent decree for the AT&T breakup, however, they are required to share the poles with other utilities (ie: cable) using agreements within each municipality. Really? I always thought, uh, KNEW, that most poles are actually owned by the power company. This is not to say that telephone doesn't own poles, becuase they do.. so does cable.. very few, but they do.
However, you are right in the rest of your post about access to renting space on the pole. Also, do realize that thre is not unlimited room on a pole. The G.O. 95 codes dictate how much a pole can have on it.
Telco has to stay X amount away from Cable,, cable has to be x amount away from power.. cable has to stay x amount away from other cable.. The lowest line has to be so far off the ground.. A cable or phone drop must be at least 8.5 feet off the lowest point of the ground when running to the house and so on and so on. Same conditions apply to underground services as well. | |
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