Ah, I’ve talked to Brett already. A lawyer is the best way to go.
Wisp moving to fiber is a tall challenge that I honestly couldn’t achieve. Instead I rolled the sale of the WISP to a fiber company and it cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Good luck Brett and others! I’m sure it could be boot strapped for less, maybe doing greenfield open trench access to start. But it’s still a lot of outlay for a trickle incoming. I can’t think of how anyone can do what we do for cheaper than we do it, and it’s still a little unnerving ☺ From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 3:38 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ROW conflict Talk to Sterling. From: Brett A Mansfield<mailto:li...@silverlakeinternet.com> Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 12:49 PM To: af@afmug.com<mailto:af@afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] ROW conflict No, not a CLEC. The other provider is an ILEC though. My company is just a WISP that is wanting to move to fiber. Thank you, Brett A Mansfield Silver Lake Internet, LLC On Aug 14, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Chuck Hogg <ch...@shelbybb.com<mailto:ch...@shelbybb.com>> wrote: Are you a CLEC? That changes things, because if they have allowed someone in the ROW already, I think they have to allow you too. There was some rule passed, maybe in the Telecom Act, that states that cities cannot discriminate, and must allow all providers. IANAL... I am currently in a battle with my city because they want to charge me a franchise tax...that they don't charge to AT&T, Windstream, or Sprint. Regards, Chuck On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 2:31 PM, Brett A Mansfield <li...@silverlakeinternet.com<mailto:li...@silverlakeinternet.com>> wrote: Me and another company have both requested access to the city ROW to run FTTx on the same day in the same city, and the response from the city was that they are trying to decide if they want to allow access to one or both of us or if they feel their current formally city funded company is enough. My question to the group is, is it even up to them or is it up to the residents? And if I cannot get into the ROW, what alternatives do I have? Thank you, Brett A Mansfield Silver Lake Internet, LLC
