Your recourse would be with the landlord. Unfortunately this puts them in a bad situation since they violated the terms of your lease with them. I don't think you have any way to make a claim agianst the other ISP unless you had some non-compete agreement with them or something.
On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 3:10 PM, Steve Jones <thatoneguyst...@gmail.com> wrote: > is there realistically any recourse? > > On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 1:52 PM, Mitch Koep <af...@abwisp.com> wrote: > >> And your question is? >> >> >> >> On 6/27/2017 11:05 PM, Steve Jones wrote: >> >>> I am not asking about any FCC Part X rules, I know this isn't an FCC >>> issue under any circumstances. >>> >>> We have leases with all our POP landlords, in the lease we own the site >>> spectrum, with the exception of very few locations we don't collocate, just >>> not worth the hassle. >>> >>> I come rolling up on a site today, 100 feet from our POP is a new POP, >>> not us, cause though I used to enjoy spooning some powder with baking soda, >>> I don't smoke crack, POP#2 isn't ours, even though its on the same >>> property, Id recall a full EPMP and backhaul deployment. >>> >>> I'm an honest operator, very honest, like the first time UBT sent us new >>> stickers for spectrum I made sure we actually put them out (be honest, >>> pretty much NOBODY did that) I turn down power where we don't need it. I do >>> my best to make sure we are compliant. I fought bosses to remove non >>> compliant stuff I put up before I knew better. For the most part, I'm a >>> good fucking neighbor, ask anybody abutting me. (with the exception of one >>> location I collocate where I'm a dick, but a legal dick) >>> >>> So you can understand my dismay, being the pillar of the spectrum >>> community Ive tried to be (also found out today I inadvertently fucked a >>> fellow wisp on a bad choice I made with no follow up, I owned it with him >>> and will be working on fixing that as of tomorrow) >>> >>> I approach everything with combat boots, assuming a battle. I'm guessing >>> when it gets in the database this backhaul is going to be UBNT 11ghz, or >>> some other nonsense (probably affiliated with the over wind loaded tower >>> 3/4 miles away with 3, yes 3, UBNT 5ghz peanut shaped airfibers within 8 >>> feet of one another (one link, one side points to the sky the other side >>> points to the dirt) >>> >>> The question I have is about lease rules, and contract law, which the >>> bulk of you old timers has dealt with. If the other operator (if its who I >>> suspect it is, they use fuckery, like the UBNT demo mode, or whatever its >>> called and other such garbage to even operate overpowered in DFS channels) >>> doesn't want to play ball, as in "shut that shit off" will we be able to >>> fight it? >>> >>> I know what went down, and how it went down, and I suspect I know who it >>> is. The usual, guy approaches a site owner, offers unrealistic unicorn >>> farts, unicorn farts always win, spectrum gets fucked. >>> >>> We do 5 year auto renewing leases, with 2 year breakouts. (you guys >>> would likely cream your jeans seeing our lease, and though Ive asked, no I >>> cant share it publicly, and yes, it was drawn up by an attorney) we get >>> full control of the 5, 6, 11, 3, 2, 900mhz, etc spectrum (I don't have a >>> lease handy to see the specific wording) per the site. >>> >>> I know we wouldn't have a horse in the race with the FCC, but with this >>> boiling down to contract law, whats to stop us from A. willful interference >>> (assuming out power doesn't get cut) and B. a cease and desist from a court >>> for the other ISP, pending the 2 year termination? >>> >>> I'm handing this to the boss to handle, because my communication will >>> start with "listen here motherfucker" and I don't see that as conducive to >>> a positive outcome. I had my boy with me when I came to the site today >>> because I was just getting accurate AGLs for bringing in a licensed >>> backhaul. If he hadn't been with me, I probably would have yanked their >>> ghetto enclosure off the wall and shot their antennas. >>> >>> Ill tell you what, I'm about to start acting like a lot of these yahoos >>> and saying fuck the FCC, fuck good stewardship of the spectrum, and fuck >>> general good manners. >>> >>> TBH I'm not sure if I'm asking advice here or just venting. probably >>> both. but FYI, I'm so pissed off right now, if you have an ex old lady who >>> needs disappeared, I'm your freaking guy >>> >> >> >
