Yes, they are there for the asking. As a telco, the only thing we have over non telcos is the right to condemn. Even the railroads have a very straightforward procedure for crossing the tracks or running along side them.
----- Original Message ----- From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 7:32 PM Subject: [WISPA] Public ROW > The original thread is closed. Please use this new thread. > > Remember that thoe public right of ways are just that... Public. Anyone > can ask for and receive a right of way franchise or use permit. I have > several county wide franchises that allow me (within reason and > permitting) to place equipment in the ROW. The franchise is titled > specifically 'non-exclusive'. > > I also have a pole agreement that allows for pole attachments on electric > company poles. The fcc prohibits the power company from limiting what you > place on their poles except in the interests of safety. (we really like > safe and healthy linemen!) > > ryan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom DeReggi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 5:26 PM > To: WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Article > > As I weeded through the gibberish.... I did recognize one good point that > he > made..... > > "We need the ability to use public rights of way and to not > have our trade restrained by local authorities who seek to ban our > equipment > deployments" > > It would be nice to have the same rights to right-of-ways that incumbent > utility's have. > > We will always be at a disadvantage without it. Wireless on its own, does > not get us every where that we need to get. There still has to be > somewhere > to put the radios. And as long as Real Estate Owners control that, we are > not free to compete and grow. > > Although granting Whitespace to Unlicensed, will be a HUGE step in the > right > direction, to get past many of these easement barriers to entries. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
