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TKJunkMail
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 Spoiled residents whining over nothing

Want to see a view of the neighborhood where the residents are complaining?


The green rectangular boxes, about 1 foot or 2 feet high and 2 feet long, are being installed on the strips of ground between the street and sidewalk.

University Drive resident Bernie Goldberg(pic below), who gave a lengthy presentation on his objections to the boxes at a recent township supervisors meeting. “They look like trash cans sitting out in front of your house permanently.”


Their houses are so far from the street they would never even see these small boxes. Just some people with very little problems to deal with looking for something to complain about. I know the area well(my sister lives a couple blocks away) and you would never even notice these boxes if you stood 5 feet from them. The landscaping blocks them from view.
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jerryjam

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I dont know what brain surgeon made this comment but underground vaults are climate controlled.

rody_44
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Quakertown, PA
climate controlled, you are joking i hope.

rody_44
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reply to jerryjam
please let us in on how you climate control 24"-24" vault. . maybe by putting a central ac unit above it? the climate controlled vaults are usually around a 8 to 10 feet concrete vault. you dont really suggest putting that in front of everyones house do you?

Kearnstd
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reply to TKJunkMail
Verizon and Comcast should do something on streets that bitch about boxes of any size. dont wire them for ANY advanced services. just provide the basics. the agreements with the towns dont say a street must have full Digital services from Comcast and fios or even DSL from verizon.
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way2evil
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reply to TKJunkMail
Oh please, I am sure you would be bitching too if you woke up to one of these boxes on your lawn.


TKJunkMail
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said by way2evil See Profile :

Oh please, I am sure you would be bitching too if you woke up to one of these boxes on your lawn.
I have one on my lawn. And I was glad to get it. It meant faster service than the slow limited DSL service in my neighborhood.
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CableTool
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reply to jerryjam
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Totally.. I was just knee deep in one the other day. My toes were warm so I turned the thermostat up..
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Sly
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reply to jerryjam
said by jerryjam :

I dont know what brain surgeon made this comment but underground vaults are climate controlled.
Well actually you may have a point (although worded a little strangely). If you dig deep enough underground you will pretty much encounter the same temperature year round. Once you go a few feet underground the temperature will remain in the 50's or 60's year round.

NormanS
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said by way2evil See Profile :

Oh please, I am sure you would be bitching too if you woke up to one of these boxes on your lawn.
None of the twenty, or so, VRADs I have seen are on anybody's front lawns.
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tshirt
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said by TKJunkMail See Profile :

I know the area well(my sister lives a couple blocks away) and you would never even notice these boxes if you stood 5 feet from them. The landscaping blocks them from view.
This is the same city about to sell it's sewer system, to a private company, because according to their anal-isys of the proposal it will be cheaper for the next 5 years (with a BIG bump at the end)
i suppose the next effort will be to outlaw those ugly manholes.
what a bunch of nimby's


CableTool
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said by Sly See Profile :

said by jerryjam :

I dont know what brain surgeon made this comment but underground vaults are climate controlled.
Well actually you may have a point (although worded a little strangely). If you dig deep enough underground you will pretty much encounter the same temperature year round. Once you go a few feet underground the temperature will remain in the 50's or 60's year round.
I hope thats sarcasm.

I think what the guy was referring to was some hubsites that are somewhat climate controlled. Sealed vaults that need to be purged before you can even go in them because of gases.
Those however are not the vaults that anyone is speaking of.
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Skippy25

join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
reply to Sly
It is 65 degrees at 4 feet year round I believe. However whether or not their cover will maintain that is another story, but I would imagine it would be pretty good.

Kearnstd
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reply to TKJunkMail
these are the kinda people who call up their ISP when their 16mbit service is only giving them 15.5mbit. at the same time they refuse to except any equipment on their block.
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MysticGogeta
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I have a cable box in my backyard and I'm damn glad its there cause I can't get DSL.
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rahvin112

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Sandy, UT

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reply to rody_44
Anything installed below frost depth will maintain a constant temperature anywhere from 50-60^ regardless of air temperature, it's called average soil temperature and depends on latitude.


tshirt
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Snohomish, WA
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said by rahvin112 See Profile :

Anything installed below frost depth will maintain a constant temperature
Actually, you need to go down around 30' to get to the constant temperature zone in most parts of the US.
At 8-12 feet you reach an area that will be warmer or colder 6 months out of phase with the weather i.e summer warmth wiill reach and effect that level around january.
this is convienent from ground looped (earth coupled) heat pumps, but not so good for easy acessible cable connections.
and then comes ground water problems, cable guys shouldn't need scuba gear
Deep burial is impractical for most residental applications


splat1622

@direcpc.com
reply to way2evil
i wouldn't care if it was on my roof as long as i could get something other than dial up and satt.


splat1622

@direcpc.com
reply to Kearnstd
no cut them off completely.then they could use lovely dialup or satt.
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