What happens when netflix/sling are considered TV service?
josh reynolds :: chief information officer
spitwspots :: www.spitwspots.com
On 01/19/2015 03:44 PM, Erich Kaiser wrote:
In some areas around here as long as you are not providing TV service, you
do not need to do anything with a franchise agreement. You will even find
some counties are willing to work with you and give you info like what
areas do not have franchise agreements, etc..
On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 5:09 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote:
CLEC certification is not required for ROW access. That is just
someone blowing smoke. What if you wanted to put in a water line to water
your cows? Or a culvert?
I would ask for an excavation permit first and deal with the authority
over that particular ROW. You have state, city and county roads as well as
private land owners. They all will have a different reaction to ROW use.
CATV folks are not CLECs (at least they don’t have to be) and they get ROW
access. You are an IPTV company, you haul netflix. They have to treat you
as a peer with the CATV.
I would pressure any authority to cite you chapter and verse if they deny
you. Otherwise they are discriminating against you.
*From:* Mike Hammett <[email protected]>
*Sent:* Monday, January 19, 2015 4:04 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Laying your own fiber?
Go to your state level elected officials. Tell them you need ROW access
and until now you could have done it by being a CLEC, but the PUC is no
longer honoring that, so you need them to either pass a new law or convince
the PUC to stop being dicks.
Can you rent space on someone else's switch?
Can they even do that? I don't know, I'm not an attorney.
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Mike Hammett
Intelligent Computing Solutions
http://www.ics-il.com
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*From: *"Zephyr Broadband" <[email protected]>
*To: *[email protected]
*Sent: *Monday, January 19, 2015 12:12:31 PM
*Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] Laying your own fiber?
AFAIK, the 2 primary ways to get access to ROW for most of the US is a
Franchise agreement and/or CLEC certification. This gets you into the
Utility ROW Easements without issues. Many properties have ROW Utility
easements.
If you plan to do Video, you might as well do the CATV franchise
agreement. This typically gets you into the Utility ROW easements and
easements set aside for the city.
And therein lies the rub. The Colorado PUC stated last week that they are
cracking down on data-only providers filing for CLEC certification simply
for ROW access. Now, if you want certification, you have to have a Class 5
switch and must plan to originate access traffic or they'll deny the
application on the spot.
Some states have allowed broadband providers to use utility easements.
Unless you are prepared to spend a minimum of $250k for video, I
recommend you run away. Dish just launch phase 1 of their internet video
offering. More channels will follow. I don't think you'll ever make your
money back here, unless you plan to be at 5k subs.
Yeah, saw their plans for sling.com pop up last week. Ouch. $250k. That's
expensive, but considering the PUCs stance on data only providers...it
might be cheaper than jumping into the facilities-based telecom game 15
years too late.
