Baltimore City won't give you ROW access any sort of way. They want you to pay $3.33 per foot to use their conduit system. If you need new duct you need to build it, give it to them, and pay $3.33 per foot to use it. We were in the process of leveraging Title II to force them to give us access to run our own ducts under sidewalks when Title II got yanked back in 2017. That's a big part of why we left WISPA. We just gave up on the idea and bought a company in FL and started running fiber.
On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:49 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > Yep, a larger town in my area wanted as much for the ROW access as it > would cost to buy the fiber and conduit. > > > > *From:* Josh Luthman > *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:33 AM > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > *Cc:* syssup > *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW > > Getting CLEC does *NOT* remove all confusion. > > In my case, a village has no permits (of any kind), no understanding of > ROW, wanted to charge us rent to access the space, etc. > > In others' experience, I've heard DOT/county being extraordinarily > difficult to work with to issue a permit. > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:20 AM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] < > j...@brazoswifi.com> wrote: > >> We got setup as a CLEC to remove all confusion. If you are planning on >> being in the fiber business, quit messing around and do it right. >> >> Jim Bouse >> Owner - Brazos WiFi >> 979-999-7000 >> http://www.brazoswifi.com >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Larry Smith >> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:03 AM >> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>; syssup < >> sys...@ecsis.net> >> Subject: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW >> >> >> Question for those more in tune than I. >> >> We are working (attempting) with our local electric company for access to >> their ROW for some of our fiber and they have stated that the rights >> granted ISP's under Title II (telecommunications provider) in 2015 was >> reversed in 2017 and then in 2018 ISP's were put back as "information" >> services removing any Title II rights and reverting them to Title I only. >> Escentially they are saying we have to be a LEC or CLEC to get access. >> >> Anyone have a good answer for this ?? >> >> -- >> Larry Smith >> lesm...@ecsis.net >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > ------------------------------ > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- Carl Peterson *PORT NETWORKS* 401 E Pratt St, Ste 2553 Baltimore, MD 21202 (410) 637-3707
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