This is an active cabinet. Power meter on the side and a bright green light that shines towards the kitchen window. Stands about 4 feet tall and 3 feet wide on a concrete pedestal. It would be interesting to me to see where they would want to move it as all the poles with transformers for about a quarter mile each way are on my property. They are supposed to call today. . . . . . . .
On Tue, Mar 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> wrote: > A quick Internet search suggests a one time fee is more likely than rent. > Should compensate for loss of value of your property as well as fees you > incur like legal, surveying, etc. Search for utility easement compensation > or ask an LLM to do so. > > First question would be what is your desired outcome? Do you want > compensation? Do you want them to put their cabinet somewhere else? Also > do they have legal options to put it there without your permission or > paying compensation, like some local or federal broadband law or eminent > domain? > > You can ask for recurring rent payments, not sure how likely that is for > just a small cabinet, might be successful if your objective is just to get > them to move it elsewhere. The fact they just put it there without even > contacting you seems pretty rude. Maybe they assumed since it was near a > utility pole it was a public ROW not an easement. > > -----Original Message----- > From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck > Sent: Monday, March 23, 2026 7:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Spectrum Easement > > Let them know to pay rent or remove it. Shut off the power and you will > get their attention. Cut off their lock and put yours on it. Tape a > message to the cabinet with contact info on it. > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Mar 23, 2026, at 3:45 PM, David Hannum via AF <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > So, I drive past a rental property I own, and Spectrum (RDOF build) is > placing a cabinet on my property. I have an easement from 2003 with the > electric utility to place a pole there and a cabinet for THEIR use, but > there is nothing in the easement that would afford them permission to allow > Spectrum to build a cabinet for Internet (commerce) on the property. I ran > a Title Search (cost me $550) and it turned up only the easement we gave > the power company back in 2003 to put a pole so that the neighbors could > get power at a new house. Anyone experienced with this? > > > > Dave > > -- > > AF mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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