[lug] OT: Medium Area Network

[Frank Whiteley]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill Wimsatt" <bwimsatt at coraccess.com>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Saturday, November 30, 2002 11:50 AM
Subject: RE: [lug] OT: Medium Area Network


> All good points. They have the trenches open now and they are more
> interested in laying fiber than putting up a tower. Personally, I would
> have liked the tower option (I just wanted to try it out). It is over 20
> acres and is a high end housing development.
>
> I am somewhat worried that the builder is going to rely heavily on my
> team to support the install and configuration. Builders are exceedingly
> cheap and never want to pay for services but they will charge 2x-3x for
> products they purchase.
>
> Thank you to those that have offered support. I think the project
> manager will need to work on getting some $$ for consulting and support.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
Just keep in mind that you may not have any rights to the utility easements.
There was a similar sounding development in Greeley, T-Bone Ranch West, that
the developer installed the phone system (mini-switch in club house on T-1),
DSL (via Hot-Pipe in Thornton), and cable TV (oops, no franchise).  Greeley
has two cable services franchises, ATT and WOW, only WOW has no facility
yet.  Anyway, the developer found out he couldn't cross the public street
with the cable since he had no franchise.  Qwest took them to court over the
phone system and prevailed and the DSL went with it.  Talk about a lot of
PO'ed property owners.  AFAIK, Qwest DSL is not an option in this area.

Who's in charge of this deployment?  Do you know where are of the utilities
easements are?  Are you in the clear with this WRT the local county/city?  I
suggest you play wireless card unless you have iron-clad access to the
utilities easements for this development.

Frank
Greeley