battleop
join:2005-09-28
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Re: Why can't they bury them?
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 | 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
| 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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RideRed
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1 edit | 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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morbo
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| said by RideRed :they can same themselves from political grief if they were a bit more sensitive not to the city, but to local residents. that's just it though. THEY DON'T CARE. giving into this city equals even more cities that will put up similar fights, and so on. the process of suing the cities that try to stop them is so much cheaper to do than to bury all the boxes. it's a business decision by the deathstar...which is almost completely operational. |
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idjk
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| 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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Ahrenl
join:2004-10-26
North Andover, MA | 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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JazzJRabbit
join:2003-09-27
Wheaton, IL | 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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rradina
join:2000-08-08
Chesterfield, MO
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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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