Fiber in a building adds 8% to the value of that building. Half-penny pinching “mah powah” landlords are especially annoying in a cosmic sense - and just make me want to replace them.
The telecommunications act of 1934 permits telcos to enter a building with their equipment. I’d upgrade the MPOE do a datacenter with 2N generators and UPS - then upsell them colo. Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE 6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC CEO l...@6by7.net "The only fully end-to-end encrypted global telecommunications company in the world.” FCC License KJ6FJJ Sent from my iPhone via RFC1149. > On Sep 22, 2021, at 9:28 AM, jra...@gmail.com wrote: > > > A few of the buildings that my firm represents have the local telco’s fiber > distribution and/or repeater equipment located on the premises. My > understanding is that when one of these links go down, (we’ve occasionally > had to interrupt circuit power to do maintenance in a building for one reason > or another), a local engineering tech always comes running to restore the > link. The tech has led our maintenance staff to believe that these repeaters > are an integral part of the local ring, which fits my understanding. > > When a network operator has equipment located at a third party premises, what > is the norm for commercial contractual terms regarding the siting of that > equipment? Any network equipment on site pre-dates my client’s ownership of > the buildings, and they have no record of any agreements or easements > governing who is responsible for power, maintenance, liability, etc. > > My client has no philosophical objection to having the equipment on site, but > he’s asked why he has had to pay to power and cool this equipment for almost > 20 years when it serves him no benefit (he is not utilizing that company’s > services). I figure some of you may be able to give me an insight as to what > is normal and reasonable. Feel free to contact me directly if this message is > not suitable for this distribution list. > > Appreciate the insight, > > > Jeff Ray > O: (956) 542-3642 > C: (956) 592-2019 > jra...@gmail.com > > > This message has been sent as a part of a discussion between Jeff Ray and the > intended recipient identified above. Some topics may be sensitive and subject > to legal privilege, confidentiality, or other non-disclosure agreement. > Should you receive this message by mistake, we would be most grateful if you > informed us that the message has been sent to you. In that case, we also ask > that you delete this message from your mailbox, and do not forward or speak > of it (or its contents) to anyone else. Thank you for your cooperation and > understanding. >
