I spent a bunch of time researching this in Ohio. Ohio has regulations in place for pole attach / duct access for ISP’s along with a requirement for tariffed rates from the pole owners. Curiously even though as an ISP we can go on the poles, we still have to obtain permission to be in whatever right-of-way the poles are in. If Edison obtained public or private ROW for the pole line, we have to get our own permission to be in that ROW from whoever granted it.
Ohio does not have specific regulations for access into public ROW. They don’t specifically prohibit it, so it’s up to the discretion of the local political authority - typically the township, village, county, city, or ODOT (department of transportation) to permit or deny. ODOT has so far been cooperative at least in our district - they are more concerned about your ‘traffic control plan’ than anything else, and you are not allowed to parallel and limited access highway but we can cross them pretty much at will. In dealing with the township and county level we have not had an issue yet, but we also have not done much yet. Mark > On Jan 19, 2015, at 1:40 PM, Mark - Myakka Technologies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Wow, I guess we were lucky. We just asked the county and they let us > submit permits for the use of the ROW. > > In our case we used an engineer that has been working with the county > for years to draw up the permits. > > You may want to start talking to some of the local engineers or > contractors that do ROW work. They seem to have more answers then the > county people. > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Mark mailto:[email protected] > > Myakka Technologies, Inc. > www.MyakkaTech.com > > Proud Sponsor of the Myakka City Relay For Life > http://www.RelayForLife.org/MyakkaCityFL > > Please Donate at > http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY12FL?team_id=1030009&pg=team&fr_id=37555 > ------ > > Monday, January 19, 2015, 1:18:53 PM, you wrote: > > CH> Then I guess your option is to get a franchise.ï¿œ Doesn't > CH> matter if you are doing video or not. > > CH> Regards, > CH> Chuck > > > CH> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:14 PM, Zephyr Broadband > CH> <[email protected]> wrote: > CH> We're doing that where we can, but the lack of reasonable > CH> tower/roof access makes network planning a pain in the ass. We had > CH> looked at FTTH in select neighborhoods, but getting ROW acccess > CH> has proven to be tougher than we expected. Shame on us for wanting > CH> to compete with the incumbant telco cablecos.ï¿œ > > CH> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 11:10 AM, Jason McKemie > CH> <[email protected]> wrote: > CH> Yeah, I'd stay away from video.ï¿œ It is nice if you're > CH> competing with cablecos, but the payoff just isn't there.ï¿œ I'd try > CH> just blowing the cableco's internet speeds out of the water to > CH> stay competitive. > > CH> On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Chuck Hogg <[email protected]> wrote: > CH> AFAIK, the 2 primary ways to get access to ROW for most of > CH> the US is a Franchise agreement and/or CLEC certification.ï¿œ This > CH> gets you into the Utility ROW Easements without issues.ï¿œ Many > CH> properties have ROW Utility easements. > > > CH> If you plan to do Video, you might as well do the CATV > CH> franchise agreement.ï¿œ This typically gets you into the Utility ROW > CH> easements and easements set aside for the city.? > > > CH> Some states have allowed broadband providers to use utility easements. > > > CH> Unless you are prepared to spend a minimum of $250k for > CH> video, I recommend you run away.ï¿œ Dish just launch phase 1 of > CH> their internet video offering.ï¿œ More channels will follow. ï¿œ I > CH> don't think you'll ever make your money back here, unless you plan > CH> to be at 5k subs. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com >
