We ourselves are a rural electric coop and put equipment on utility poles. Since we ARE the utility we can put some devices up in the power space (PUC still hassles us on inspections, even though it's legit), where you may need to maintain a certain clearance. Our fiber for example, is all-dielectric so we can run it above the neutral line, not in the communications space. So there may not be as much usable space on the poles as you're thinking. Our access points are on dedicated 65ft poles, but we do put subscriber units and aerial cat-5 on utility poles where needed.
Our early work isn't the best looking, I don't think I have any pictures I'd really want to share. We use hoffman enclosures and in the early days the boxes we were using were simply too small. Ended up cramped and untidy inside. And most of our sites needed multiple small boxes on the pole which didn't end up being the most aesthetically pleasing. When we needed up upgrade to a much larger UPS at one of them, we set a large hoffman box on a stub pole just for the batteries (SUA750XL with multiple battery packs). The newer stuff uses a single hoffman box large enough to have a full size APC SUA750XL in the bottom, that way we can have decent runtime and a management card to monitor and powercycle the entire tower if we need to (no per-outlet control). Above that we have room for a switch or router, PoE, power supplies, etc. We run a 2" conduit up the pole for the cat-5. -Paul Patrick D. Nix, Jr wrote: > I know this subject has been visited already recently. We are meeting > with a local rural electric coop about using pole space to facilitate > neighborhood wireless. They have some concerns about aesthetics and > liability, does anyone already doing this have some pics they can share > so that we can have something tangible to show them. We are thinking a > small backhaul/omni for the cell setup. > > > > Thanks > > Patrick Nix, Jr., > Computer Network Solutions > CSWEB.NET Internet Services > IT Manager > > http://www.cnetworksolutions.com > http://www.csweb.net > > (918) 235-0414 > > > > ________________________________ > > Attention: This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and > privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and > destroy any copies. Any dissemination or use of this information by a > person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be > illegal. > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
