Restoration can be quite expensive for underground. Some cities try and use your construction as there stop gap to fix there st’s. We’ve been asked to re pave and entire st and fix all the side walks for submitting to go 120 ft of underground from a vault to a pole. Things like that can kill a deal. Poles are fairly straight forward it can be a little frustrating to have to deal with multi pole vendors on a single run it happens and is totally workable. Just my 2 cents
Carlos Alcantar Race Communications / Race Team Member 1325 Howard Ave. #604, Burlingame, CA. 94010 Phone: +1 415 376 3314 / [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> / http://www.race.com<http://www.race.com/> From: Jason McKemie via Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Reply-To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 at 2:52 PM To: "[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Pole fees and process ? Considerably cheaper than buried if the pole owner is reasonable. It can start to get close if they're a pain in the ass. There are up front pole fees and pole rent, the fees are generally one time and the rent is recurring. -Jason On Tuesday, October 14, 2014, That One Guy via Af <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: cheaper than buried? Is that in upfront costs? arent pole fees recurring though or is that normally just a one time fee? On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Robbie Wright via Af <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: All over the board depending on your locality unfortunately. Some cities own the poles, some power companies own the poles, and other utilities own the poles. Find the poles you want to go on, get their ID numbers off each pole, and then contact each pole owner to get a contract. In our locality, the power company owns 99% of the poles and they are pretty easy to work with. Other states you'll have pole attach agreements with 4 companies, each with different rules, different engineering specs, and different prices. "Make ready" fees are what you'll get hit with, meaning the pole owner will charge you if they have to improve the poles to take the load/make room for your cable. Some states will require you to be a CLEC, others won't. Some cities or counties will require a franchise agreement, others won't. Robbie Wright Siuslaw Broadband<http://siuslawbroadband.com> 541-902-5101<tel:541-902-5101> On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 1:50 PM, TJ Trout via Af <[email protected]<javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: How do you go about placing aerial fiber on power poles and what is the normal fee structure? What license do you need or permits to be able to place aerial cable? Some type of franchise right? Any estimates on aerial fiber cost for labor,fees, materials etc? -- All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means, do not use a hammer. -- IBM maintenance manual, 1925
