Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Mike Hammett
I get keys (but no alarm code) at one place. The other will open during morning rounds and close during afternoon rounds, both unsupervised. Commercial buildings have been supervised. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message -

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Jay Weekley
Our experience has been mixed. Some authorities give us a key and blanket permission to do what we need. Some will unlock the gate as needed and tell us to lock up when we leave and one will meet us there and leave us by ourselves unless we are climbing and then they will have an employee stay

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread can...@believewireless.net
We've had no issues doing our own work on American Tower and Crown Castle towers. It requires more documentation and paperwork with them but nothing too painful. But with saying that, does anyone know of a good measuring tape that won't break nearly every measure to verify antenna height? On Sat

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Mike Hammett
Anyone certified can do it, so get certified. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Tim Reichhart" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:00:09 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Chris Fabien
We did the install ourself. You do have to get certified as an authorized climber with American Tower. Just insurance and training, mainly. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Tim Reichhart < timreichh...@hometowncable.net> wrote: > Mike n Chris > but see the problem with these cell phone towers t

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Tim Reichhart
Mike n Chris but see the problem with these cell phone towers they will not allow you personally get on there towers you have to use there sub contractor to do all your equipment on there towers from one rep from american tower told me. -Original Message- From: Mike Hammett To: WISPA

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Mike Hammett
*nods* They won't have the restricted hours a water tower has either. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Chris Fabien" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2014 7:55:49 AM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Mike Hammett
The ones I talked to... don't care. Put up or shut up. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com - Original Message - From: "Tim Reichhart" To: "WISPA General List" Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 10:07:50 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Chris Fabien
One additional note - we found American Tower much much easier to deal with than a local village was when we were trying to get on their water tower. We will probably not pursue water towers any more. On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Chris Fabien wrote: > We just completed a lease with american

Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's

2014-05-24 Thread Chris Fabien
We just completed a lease with american tower. Overall they were very reasonable to work with, although it did take several months to go through the process the first time. I can share details of pricing off list, but the range of $400-700 is what we are seeing in this area depending on the tower.