They're using a contractor for a reason. Don't bother with trying to get anything out of Verizon.
Sounds like the insurance of the contractor will have a claim soon. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Sep 16, 2014 2:27 PM, "Michael Hammer" <[email protected]> wrote: > How about billing Verizon for the cost of replacing the equipment to its > prior state > > along with loss of revenue and all other financial damage caused by the > damage to your site on a per-day fee. > > Verizon should then straighten out the contractor. > > > > Doesn’t the FCC also get involved if there is bad operator behavior? > > i.e. they don’t immediately remedy the situation. > > > > *________________________________* > > *Michael Hammer* > > *Principal Engineer* > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>* > > *Mobile: *+1 408 202 9291 > > 542 Gibraltar Drive > > Milpitas, CA 95035 USA > > www.yaanatech.com > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *alex phillips > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 16, 2014 1:56 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Cc:* Principal WISPA Member List; [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA Members] Verizon contractors removed our equipment > > > > Welcome to the club man. Has happened to me. I billed the contractor > and after a year he paid me. > > > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:54 PM, Darin Steffl <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We saw our network go down on one of our grain elevators at 8:15am on > Friday and we called the elevator and asked if anyone was working up there > and they said a contractor for Verizon was there removing old cell > equipment from the tower. I knew at that point they had cut or worse, > removed equipment from the tower as we were down. Me and another tech > arrived by 8:45 and climbed to find our cables snipped and half of our > antennas already taken down. It was also raining which made everything > worse. The climbers there said their boss said take everything down even > though he was there last week taking pictures to survey the site. How they > would mistake our small 2 ft. sectors with their 8 foot sectors is amazing > to me but they said take it all down. There is Verizon, our WISP and a > competitor WISP up there and our equipment in no way looks like cellular > equipment. > > > > I have not yet contacted the contractor headquarters yet as I wanted to > reach out to the community and see if others have gone through the same > experience and if they are able to bill the company for our emergency > repair of the site. It tooks us 5 hours with two guys to get everything > back online and another 5 hours today with one guy to tidy everything back > up to original condition. We have a contract with the elevator and they > knew we were up there and the contractor did not ask them about other > equipment, they just showed up and said we're taking down their equipment. > > > > I'm going to put together a bill to send to the contractor and wonder your > opinions on whether they will fight this or just give in and pay the bill > because they didn't do their due diligence in researching who else was on > the site? Thanks for your comments > > > > > -- > > Darin Steffl > > Minnesota WiFi > > www.mnwifi.com > > 507-634-WiFi > > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> Like us on Facebook > <http://www.facebook.com/minnesotawifi> > > > _______________________________________________ > Members mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members > > > > > > -- > > *Alex Phillips* > CEO and General Manager > RBNS.net > HighSpeedLink.net > > *WISPA.org Board of Directors (2011-2016)* > > *WISPA Vice President (2014-2015)* > > *FCC Committee Chairman* > > *540-908-3993 <540-908-3993>* > > _______________________________________________ > Members mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/members > >
