[31492] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: The Backhoe Summit
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Craig Holland)
Mon Sep 25 17:34:16 2000
From: "Craig Holland" <cholland@yahoo-inc.com>
To: "Wayne Bouchard" <web@typo.org>,
"William Allen Simpson" <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
Cc: "Sean Donelan" <sean@donelan.com>, <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 14:25:58 -0700
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I can add that a lot of cities in the Silicon Valley area do now require
having a handful of companies together before they let you dig a trench.
I'd imagine this trend will spread as people in metropolitan areas get tired
of having their streets dug up every few months.
craig
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanog@merit.edu [mailto:owner-nanog@merit.edu]On Behalf Of
> Wayne Bouchard
> Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:28 PM
> To: William Allen Simpson
> Cc: Sean Donelan; nanog@merit.edu
> Subject: Re: The Backhoe Summit
>
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> > I've come to the conclusion that a lot of these problems could be
> > avoided with a bit of enforced cooperation. Recent ordinances require
> > competing cell providers to licence or share existing towers before
> > new tower permits are allowed. We don't allow multiple rows of
> > telephone poles in the same easement. Why do we allow unconstrained
> > underground work? The rampant "competition" just isn't tenable.
>
> Well, one little issue here.. if everyone shared the same path, that
> means the backhoes can do more damage with one swing. Yeah, the
> frequency may be offset by better records, but the impact of each one
> will be much greater. Its a no-win situation.
>
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