We had a ton of point to point wireless customers at 120E Van Buren out to South Mountain. About 10 years ago there was a significant shortage of fiber outside of Phoenix. You choices were SRP and Cox for the most part and SRP at that time had a very limited fiber network. They were actually the only company that offered dark Fiber out to Chandler when that campus first got built.
Robert DeVita Managing Director Mejeticks c. 469-441-8864 e. radev...@mejeticks.com ________________________________ From: 32432146260n behalf of Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2018 10:44 AM To: North American Network Operators' Group Subject: Re: (perhaps off topic, but) Microwave Towers > On Jul 14, 2018, at 10:19 AM, Brian Kantor <br...@ampr.org> wrote: > >>> I find myself driving down Route 66. On our way through Arizona, I was >>> surprised by what look like a lot of old-style microwave links. They pretty >>> much follow the East-West rail line - where I'd expect there's a lot of >>> fiber buried. > > Could they be a legacy of the Southern Pacific Railroad Internal Network > Telecommunications, > now known under the acronym SPRINT? > - Brian > Not along Route 66 in Arizona. That generally parallels BNSF Railway, formerly the Santa Fe down there. Southern Pacific followed Interstate 10 much further south. ---- Andy Ringsmuth a...@newslink.com News Link – Manager Technology, Travel & Facilities 2201 Winthrop Rd., Lincoln, NE 68502-4158 (402) 475-6397 (402) 304-0083 cellular
