ArgMeMatey
join:2001-08-09
Milwaukee, WI
 ·AT&T Midwest
| reply to dynodb
Re: Why can they bury them?
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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rec9140
Provoice just DO it
join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL
| 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.
Just cut the whiners off! |
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Clemcon
@ameritech.net | reply to dynodb
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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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
| reply to Ahrenl
Re: Why can't they bury them?
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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degauss1
join:2001-07-02
Hillsboro, OR
 ·ViaTalk
 ·Verizon FIOS
 ·Comcast
·Axvoice
| reply to ArgMeMatey
Re: Why can they bury them?
You hit it right on the head. They had a choice of what technology the deployed. If they had chosen FTTP it would have cost more money - but they would not have had to use these big RT cabinets. The VDSL was cheaper to deploy but requires these huge cabinets.
All that and they are going to have to eventually move to fiber anyway. What a huge waste of money and time not to mention the aggravation to the public. |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
Premium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to RideRed
Re: Why can't they bury them?
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
join:2006-07-30
East Hartford, CT | reply to RideRed
Take VZ's example and do FTTH.
and give us the same package/price |
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