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Tom, You raise an interesting and valid question about whether a tower (or tank) "Best Practices" should be followed by all cellular and WISP operators. Personally, I have to ask if perhaps this might just have been an "Act of Zod"? <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Zod> jack Tom DeReggi wrote: Interesting.... So then, I guess this brings up another issue. Could the Cellular company also be held liable? Could they have mounted their cabling a different way that would have better disappated heat or isolated their cabling from the tower, knowing that one day it might need welding maintenance? Or onsucg structures should a fire-retardent type cable be used?Lets use another example, if a WISP mounts his cable on a Chimney, and the home owner lights a fire.... Is the home owner or WISP responsible if the cable catches fire? I'd argue the WISP becaue they should ahve known that one day heat could be an issue that needed delt with. So taking the same logic, shouldn't the Cellular company have known the same? What are best practices for mounting Cable on Water Towers? How can law suits be avoided? Are they going to hold a WISP responsible for repainting the tower (with expensive epoxy paint), if they clamp and strap radios and cables to water tank legs and rails? Or is the secret to use an engineering company to certify the paln, and get the county to certify the engineer, so the Engineer would be responsible? Or should the county be responsible for letting the cellular cable up there, knowing that it could be a risk to welders? My point here is.... I'm not confident that just the welder was responsible. I would think there would have to be some sort of neglect proven. It would be interesting to see the outcome. It would also be interesting to see if a suit gets opened by the welders, arguing that teh welders were put in danger due to inadequate ventelation inside teh water tower, and against the cable company from not adequately isolating the cables from the tower? Who's authority is it to say what best practices are right, to prevent accidents? Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eric Rogers" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Water Tower on fire! (With Cellular involved)I do know that epoxy paint is very expensive. I got a quote for $26,000 to weld some brackets on the top of a tank just so I can mount my stuff. There is a lining inside the tank as well as the outside. If they have to repaint it, I bet $400k isn't even for the equipment and transmission lines. Eric -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom DeReggi Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 3:01 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Water Tower on fire! (With Cellular involved) -- Jack Unger - President, Ask-Wi.Com, Inc. Network Design - Technical Training - Technical Writing Serving the Broadband Wireless, Networking and Telecom Communities since 1993 www.ask-wi.com 818-227-4220 [email protected] |
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