He's nuts, never heard of such a thing
On Tue, Jan 17, 2017 at 1:49 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, I just needed to hear somebody say it. > We're not in Bizarro World, and the power company doesn't own the air > above my head, and so forth. > > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Chuck McCown" <[email protected]> > To: "Animal Farm" <[email protected]> > Sent: 1/17/2017 1:35:02 PM > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Adding poles - dumb question > > > Sounds nuts to me. If they want to attach power to your pole they will > have to pay for the upgrade. That is what they will do to you if you want > to attach and the pole is not testing good. > > *From:* Adam Moffett > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 17, 2017 11:27 AM > *To:* Animal Farm > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Adding poles - dumb question > > I want to run fiber down a road where there's a gap in the existing > poles. The power company feeds the road from opposite directions, which I > can't do. We looked at underground vs adding our own poles in the gap, and > adding poles wins by a huge margin. > > We were going to do 30' poles because they're cheap and I don't need to > carry a power line. However, the pole contractor I talked to believes that > the power company has some kind of rights regarding aerial wires, and he > thinks they could somehow compel us to install 50' poles so they could add > electric onto them later. Is this guy a nut? It sounds unbelievable, but > this guy has been installing poles for decades so he might be one to know. > > -Adam > > >
