Paul, Shoot me an address off list and I'll see if I can help find you something. No charge, just want to see if I can help. On Jun 18, 2016 5:26 PM, "Paul McCall" <[email protected]> wrote:
> In 2002, I had an ex CLEC consultant working for me who’s idea of fun was > to digest FCC tariff’s. In doing so, he actually was able to “force” > Bellsouth (later absorbed as ATT) to run fiber to our office. Over 2 miles > of fiber was run “just for us” for the whopping cost of $ 2500. NTT verio > then provided us BW over that fiber for 13 years, and we since have moved > on. Like most everyone, the loop cost for anything we need to do is very > expensive (ATT monopoly in this area). We have 2 fiber connections (ATT > and HE) over the same ATT fiber path (not ideal – but not been a problem > for 14 years) > > > > We are currently shopping BW and loop for the future, so the naturally the > thought is the next piece of BW should be on a 10 GBit loop. ATT wants a > ton for that piece, and either No Bids or crazy high bids all the providers > we are talking to for our next BW. > > > > So, the question is this. Is it probable that there is a way to use the > ATT path (underground and pretty big at least in our area) to run our own > Fiber from here to the C/O. Then, our prospective carriers can just hand > off to us in the ATT C/O. This Right of Way that ATT uses… Can someone > else use the large conduit in the ground? Does it take being a CLEC? Does > that force ATT to allow that or lease that conduit for a reasonable amount? > > > > Paul > > > > Paul McCall, President > > PDMNet, Inc. / Florida Broadband, Inc. > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 > > [email protected] > > www.pdmnet.com > > www.floridabroadband.com > > > > >
