RideRed
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1 edit | Why can't they bury them? Why can't these be put in a pit with a plate over them? | |
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 moonpuppy
join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
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| Re: Why can they bury them? said by RideRed  :Why can't these be put in a pit with a plate over them? Cost. Plain and simple. | |
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 | dynodb
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join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
| Re: Why can they bury them? said by moonpuppy :said by RideRed :Why can't these be put in a pit with a plate over them? Cost. Plain and simple. It's not "plain and simple" cost; you people sure have a way of beating a dead strawman.
RT's need to be accessed on a pretty regular basis- exactly how would you accomplish this with it buried underground? Keep in mind you'd need access all sides of the cabinet with room to work, while also keeping it protected from the elements and accessable even when there's a foot of snow on the ground, and providing for airflow for the fans in the Summer.
In order to do this, you'd need a very large hole... and then there'd be complaints about the 10 x 10 x 10 foot hole being dug in someone's yard. | |
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join:2000-08-21
Glen Burnie, MD
·Verizon Online DSL
| Re: Why can they bury them? said by dynodb :It's not "plain and simple" cost; you people sure have a way of beating a dead strawman. RT's need to be accessed on a pretty regular basis- exactly how would you accomplish this with it buried underground? Keep in mind you'd need access all sides of the cabinet with room to work, while also keeping it protected from the elements and accessable even when there's a foot of snow on the ground, and providing for airflow for the fans in the Summer. In order to do this, you'd need a very large hole... and then there'd be complaints about the 10 x 10 x 10 foot hole being dug in someone's yard. So tell me then how can Verizon do FIOS without those boxes? I have it in my neighborhood and nothing that big is in my area and the cable junctions are smaller than the in-ground feed points for electrical service.
Thank you for proving my point. It would cost more to submerge the RT than do do it above ground.
ATT is trying to get off doing this the easy way. They either need more thought or a better plan. Until the higher ups have one of these on their property, then they need to be more attentive to the citizens they deploy to.  | |
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| | | dynodb
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join:2004-04-21
Minneapolis, MN
| Re: Why can they bury them? FIOS, IPTV and cable broadband are completely different technologies with different infrastructure- you can't compare them.
Yes, it would be possible to put RT's underground, and yes it would be more expensive... but more importantly it's not terribly practical, especially considering the drawbacks (access to the RT, flooding, snow, etc) and that the only benefit is aesthetics.
Seriously, I doubt it even would occur to the telcos to put them underground. The company I work for has over 10,000 RTs and I've not once even heard the possibility of them being installed underground even mentioned, much less considered. | |
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@ameritech.net | Re: Why can they bury them? ATT in Michigan has several first generation RTs that are underground with very good access from ground level. 2nd generation units are all above ground in brick buildings/huts while the newest units are housed in above ground cabinets. | |
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ArgMeMatey
join:2001-08-09
Milwaukee, WI
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| said by dynodb :RT's need to be accessed on a pretty regular basis- exactly how would you accomplish this with it buried underground? ... In order to do this, you'd need a very large hole... and then there'd be complaints about the 10 x 10 x 10 foot hole being dug in someone's yard. Like he said, cost. Many people would give them a long term lease on a 10'x10' patch with an access hatch and landscaping, for a price! Not easy, not convenient, but if it didn't cost so much why wouldn't they avoid the aggravation?
Electric utilities can put entire substations underground if so ordered, but they usually can charge ratepayers instead of having to worry about being profitable.
AT&T also could have run fiber direct to homes, but they decided to try this instead because it's cheaper.
When people say "It's just not practical" they often mean "That would cost too much."
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join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
| Re: Why can they bury them? said by ArgMeMatey :
In order to do this, you'd need a very large hole... and then there'd be complaints about the 10 x 10 x 10 foot hole being dug in someone's yard.
Like he said, cost. Many people would give them a long term lease on a 10'x10' patch with an access hatch and landscaping, for a price! Not easy, not convenient, but if it didn't cost so much why wouldn't they avoid the aggravation?
ATTENTION VZ:
I will give you all the space you want to put in any kind of equipment in my yard you want.
No lease, no strings, just BRING THE FIOS ON!
So long as I get Fios DATA I don't care. Less I have to mow.
Oh... no need to worry there won't be any landscaping around it either unless VZ is doing it an plans on keeping it up. Droughts smoughts.... grass dies, it will grow a again.
Need space for a self supproting tower...NO PROBLEM. Now there will be some strings attached to that one. I need 5-6 spaces at about 50-60 ft. for some antennas and we have a deal.
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Karl Bode
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join:2000-03-02 | Something I read said that technically they can, but the cost is significantly more.... | |
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battleop
join:2005-09-28
00000 | What's wrong with a little landscaping around these boxes? A few shrubs to help blend them into the landscape can't be that cost probative. | |
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RideRed
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USA | Re: Why can't they bury them? Because according to some articles they're ending up in people's front yards, like a monolith from 2001. | |
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gpidock
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Columbus, OH
| Re: Why can't they bury them? said by RideRed :Because according to some articles they're ending up in people's front yards, like a monolith from 2001. That's exactly what they look like. They are around my town and I've seen them right in people's front yards in a few places. If they can be placed under ground than AT&T should have to do so. | |
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1 edit | Re: Why can't they bury them? Even if they don't bury them everywhere, they can same themselves from political grief if they were a bit more sensitive not to the city, but to local residents. Bury it where it may impact the value of people's homes, but don't when they're located on city thoroughfares or commercial properites where the looks don't have quite the stunning impact.
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| Re: Why can't they bury them? If they put them it what is called 'CEV' controlled environment vault (kinda of like a old bomb shelter or a 8x8x12 room about 12-15 feet down).
There is still a fair sized box up top about 4x6x 2 feet high that has the locked door access to ladder and the a/c unit and blower for 'controlled environment'- can't be to hot or damp.
But because of the expense these are usually only put at industrial parks or entrance to very large neighborhoods, they usually have fiber meet points for mux's and still have above ground cross boxes around the area that are not much smaller that these boxes. | |
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join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | Re: Why can't they bury them? What about a box that could hydraulically lift itself out of the ground for access? That MUST be cheaper than building a giant underground bunker. | |
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join:2003-09-27
Wheaton, IL | Re: Why can't they bury them? Good solution but still more expensive than just putting one in the neighborhood and there are other potential problems. I'm not an expert in any way, but I would imagine there would be heat and humidity issues if you place it underground. | |
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join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| That was my thought. I was thinking not hydraulic but work-gear jack. The maintenance worker could connect a truck-powered portable electric motor to the jack socket. Hook it up, flip the switch and watch it rise out of the ground.
Ventilation and drainage might be a challenge but I'd rather have a ground-level grate in my front yard than a puke green monolith. | |
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koma3504
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North Richland Hills, TX
1 edit | said by RideRed :Why can't these be put in a pit with a plate over them? said by moonpuppy :said by RideRed :Why can't these be put in a pit with a plate over them? Cost. Plain and simple. As mentioned it's cost.
Not sure on the exact figures but i was told the diffrence is like.
$100,000 for above ground R.T. versus A million to put it underground.
I'll agree underground would help keep the R.T. cooler so it doesnt overheat as easy.
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jsinaiko
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Chicago, IL
1 edit | Re: Why can't they bury them? Like the cable vaults on my block that the Comcrap guys go into all the time.
Right.
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join:2007-03-15
Riverton, UT
| Don't want to bury them in any area with a real winter.
It goes like ....... customer outage Feb 1st.
Tech is dispatched.
Opens lid.
solid Ice.
Here comes the repair army. Dump trucks, backhoes, service trucks everywhere. Total mayhem, destruction of property.
Article on broadbandreports.com saying why didn't the idiots put them above ground. | |
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JamesPC
join:2005-10-12
Orange, CA | Re: Why can't they bury them? LOL...thats great "wstwrdho"....SO TRUE! | |
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JamesPC
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Orange, CA | COST | |
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Kearnstd
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Mullica Hill, NJ | downside to FiOS is that it isnt stock holder friendly, probally why ATT is going the VRAD route as it is more stockholder friendly.
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kt1g
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East Hartford, CT | Take VZ's example and do FTTH.
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