Becoming a CLEC greatly depends on your state and the requirements. Any of these have been relaxed so you don’t need to be a full blown CLEC to have right of way access. Having said that, I would look at having conduit access as a possible revenue stream. It can be a double edged sword.
Several years ago we had a project in my county where natural gas lines were extended to an industrial park on the edge of town. I tried to get the town talked into letting me drop conduit in while things were dug up. I never was able to get anywhere. I knew I did not have the infrastructure at the time to utilize it, but I knew enough that it would have been beneficial to have it in the ground. Fast forward 7 years later and a regional carrier comes along. The town has to pay 350k to have conduit installed along that path in order to get fiber to a hospital. There was no way I would have ever received that grant, but if I would have had conduit in the ground I could have leased or sold a duct for a pretty penny. I know that got a little off topic, but don’t totally close yourself of to sharing of the conduit. Sharing doesn’t mean free. Justin > On May 21, 2017, at 2:53 PM, Chuck McCown <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nope. Your duct, your duct. > Yes, in some cases the LEC has to share. > > The only way you can be forced to share is if that was in the easement or > other ROW agreements. > I see no reason to become a CLEC anymore. > > From: Paul McCall <> > Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2017 9:54 AM > To: <>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: [AFMUG] Sharing infrastructure you put in > > I have some questions on those that are doing buried fiber. We have not > filed a CLEC status yet as I have contract review going with my uniquely > grandfathered access to a local fiber ring, and want to make sure I don't > mess that up. So, that aside. > > If my company puts in conduit in a right away to push fiber into and then > someone else comes along, do we have to share that conduit with anyone (if > there is room)? My perception going the other way, is that if the LEC has > conduit in place, the LEC may or may not have to share conduit space, and > can't make reasons or excused or very long delays etc., to ultimately deter > you from being able to do that. > > I a considering doing conduit to 3 1000+ communities and then FTTH in those > communities and don't feel great if I am in anyway also setting it up for a > competitor to have access to my hard fought efforts (and $$) to get in > installed. > > Is there ANY I could be forced to give them access to my conduit? > > Paul
