Around here I can state as a fact that new pole attachments became a big
hurdle. In the 80's when they did most of the coax they just met with
the telco and power field guys and verbally agreed to a plan for trunk
lines. Service drops were installed on the fly by field techs with no
approval from anyone. Today there's an application, engineering, and
make ready process which is more expensive than the actual fiber
installation --if you follow the procedure properly. If your drop cable
touches more than one additional pole then you're supposed to do the
whole application, engineering, and make ready thing for the drop cable
--and this can take anywhere from 3-24 months while your customer is
waiting.
Nobody I have spoken to is following the procedure 100%. Everyone is
testing what they can get away with because nobody can actually do
business this way.
You'll tell me to just go underground, but to do that properly you
probably have to negotiate land rights with every single property owner
because their property line is in the middle of the road and the ROW
from the 1800's does not include any provision for your utilities. Lots
of people fudge that too.
Welcome to the Empire State.
-Adam
On 1/9/2020 12:12 PM, Matt Hoppes wrote:
I know there are USF funds that have been used to build out internet and phone
and other funding for electric.
How did the early cable systems get funded? I’m not necessarily talking about
associations although certainly to some extent, but like full on analog cable
TV systems in very rural area.
The cost of copper is worse than fiber. How were these systems bank rolled?
Sometimes by a single private person.
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