Someone at the muni is confused or someone at the service provider is confused. Maybe they're both confused.
I've bumped into a few FTTH startups with alarmingly low knowledge. I'm thinking about times when a muni told us we need a franchise agreement or that we need easements to place a pole in ROW (You might really need one for a guy anchor, but not the pole). When I say "both confused" I mean maybe the muni is telling them something incorrect and an inexperienced ISP is assuming the muni knows what they're talking about. 8 months is a weirdly long time, but I've been waiting longer than that for a city's attorney to approve an agreement. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2026 4:52 PM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] FTTH and permits Sounds like BS to me. ________________________________ From: AF <[email protected]> on behalf of Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 29, 2026 9:36 AM To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> Subject: [AFMUG] FTTH and permits A company deploying FTTH got all the buried infrastructure in, but has been moving the target date for hooking up customers from December to March to May to August. The reason they give prospective customers is permits. They say they got the permits to deploy in the ROW and utility easements but need permits to bury the drop cables to houses. Does this sound legit? I didn’t even realize you needed a permit to bury a cable in someone’s yard from their house to a handhole or flowerpot. Would this be a blanket permit to deploy in town, or a permit for each install? And could permitting really take 8 months?
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