I have found that you don't want to make it too difficult to break into a tower site.If they are remote, which most of mine are, we have a lock that can be cut. I try to keep the curious and casual thieves out and try to show an effort to keep the kids off the tower. Other than that. You just give someone a reason to damage crap as they break in.
As a tower owner that owns a number of towers without any of my equipment on them, explain to me why I would pay for a camera system? If I do, I have to pay for connectivity to watch them or some type of service. The only thing anyone can do is either steal grounding or cut the thing down. Everything else is the tenant's problem. I don't know how others do it but the way I ground a tower They can only cut and steal maybe $40 worth of copper. Sure, it costs me maybe $500 to put it back but that is still less than a camera system and monitoring. There is no financial incentive as a tower owner to monitor this. I have had copper grounding stolen. It costs me $450 to replace everything and cadweld patches back in. Not enough to claim on insurance. No tenant has ever asked if we monitor our towers for intrusion. I have been to provide certification that we are monitoring for light outages, which is required by FCC regulations. Just my 2 cents from the other side. On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 8:47 PM Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Verizon sites all have a secondary access key. I was doing some > contracting for them a few years ago. The mechanism was a little shocking > > On Sun, Jul 26, 2020, 9:26 AM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote: > >> Tower sites almost always have combination locks not keys, and the tower >> leasing companies often use the same combination everywhere. They may have >> multiple locks like one for Sprint one for Verizon one for the electric >> company etc. but I’ll bet those are the same across the network also. I’ve >> even encountered different tower leasing companies that use the same >> combination. >> >> >> >> I’ve never had access to a cell company shelter, but what do you want to >> bet those don’t have unique combinations either. >> >> >> >> Also most towers have a sign saying it has security cameras. Many don’t >> have cameras, just a sign. >> >> >> >> Most of the people accessing cell sites seem to be contractors, from the >> crews that install the equipment to the guys maintaining the HVAC and >> generators and filters and bait stations and cutting the grass and spraying >> Roundup to keep the weeds down. Many people know the combinations. >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Steve Jones >> *Sent:* Saturday, July 25, 2020 11:07 PM >> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Way too easy >> >> >> >> You cant stop a thief with the keys. But I bet some bureaucrat somewhere >> pushes a bill to "make sure this can never happen again" that will >> ultimately make things worse. >> >> At least this wasn't a copper thief, those guys destroy everything, this >> is just a matter of a router drop and dumping a backup config, easy peasy. >> >> I'm surprised bigger companies dont have cameras >> >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 7:07 PM Jaime Solorza <losguyswirel...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> >> http://wirelessestimator.com/articles/2020/arrest-made-following-theft-of-sprint-network-routers-that-took-down-carriers-service-in-texas/ >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Lewis Bergman 325-439-0533 Cell
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