hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to jap
Re: But can they?
There is a large company that is the gas provider from what I understand. But as long as the city has the no-dig law in place nobody is allowed to dig where those lines are located. |
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jap
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If the city owns the infrastructure then they have increased clout by virtue of controlling distribution access. But if competitors want to find another way in then a muni govt cannot easily tell it's residents they cannot buy it.
Usually the infras were developed under monopolies (bells, high-voltage) controlled by state PUCs - not local munis. Those infra (the poles being critical, of course) continue to be under de-regulation influences - so it does vary regionally. In all cases, however, non-compete clauses are time limited - they don't go on indefinitely.
You say "it also keeps problems with cutting cables and gas lines up. That's why Duluth does it." Well, ...achem..., maybe. It also may be because the local faux monopoly has bought-off town hall. Sorry for my hard-bitten NE cynicism but I left the upper mid-west many, many years ago. |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to Jeremy341
How can they be special cases?
Many cities only allow one company for everything. |
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hottboiinnc
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Cleveland, OH | reply to jap
I didnt suggest that Duluth is in the right. But it also keeps problems with cutting cables and gas lines up. Thats why Duluth does it. |
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jap
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said by Jeremy341  :
Those are special cases, and my response still stands.
Agreed. That hottboiinnc says "Duluth pays an anti-trust fine every year" but suggests that Duluth is still "in the right" seems to defy logic. Here, and I'm sure most places, the owners of not only the poles but any related infrastructure (switch-housings, buried conduit, etcetera) must lease space to all comers if that infra was built under PUC review & co-ordination - which nearly all of it was. |
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Jeremy341
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Those are special cases, and my response still stands. |
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