Good to hear it worked out, make sure to inspect all of the cables after they are done, we had a watertower painted last fall and did not check the cables after they were done. While everything still worked, 6 months later we had water leak into one cable and fry the PoE on a backhaul (on a friday night of course).
Ryan Patrick Nix Jr. wrote: > Well, I just met with the contractors and we were able to reach an > agreement, we just have to sign a damage waiver, and be there to > move/remove equipment as needed. I am curious about the suggestion to > cover equipment with burlap, how if at all does this affect the signal, > also they will be putting a Geo-tarp up, will this affect the signal > greatly 900Mhz and 5.8Ghz > > Thanks > > __________________________________________ > > Patrick Nix, Jr., > csweb.net > (800) 638-2614 > http://www.csweb.net > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ==================================================================== > ATTENTION: This e-mail may contain information that is confidential in > nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this e-mail > and notify the sender immediately. Thank you. > ==================================================================== > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Rick Harnish > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:46 PM > To: 'WISPA General List' > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Watertower trouble > > Patrick, > > Been there, doing that now! We were given 1 week notice that a large > water > tower was going to be sandblasted and painted in a neighboring > community. > Which really stinks because the city knew this was going to happen 6 > months > ago. Luckily we found a tower at a local college where we could move > our > equipment to in the interim. They expected this to be a 3 month project > and > we are about 2 months into it now. > > Alternative solutions are slim to none where you are except bringing in > a > mobile pig. These mobile towers can usually get up to about 100' but > will > may be cost prohibitive depending on the revenue on that particular > tower. > I rented 3 of these towers last summer for a school system from a > company in > Oklahoma. I googled mobile towers and everything kept pointing to one > basic > company. I was surprised there were not more scattered around the > country. > Another option might be to contact the cell phone providers in your area > and > lease a tower from their fleet............although that may be a > challenge > in itself. > > Rick Harnish > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Patrick Nix Jr. > Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 3:37 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Watertower trouble > > Got a situation... just received a call from the town's water dep't > administrator telling me we have to be off of the tower in 3 days due to > maintenance on tower. Evidently there is lead in the tower and a > contractor is coming in to sandblast and repaint inside and out of the > tower, as well as bring it up to safety standards. The problem is this > is the only location available in this area to service approx 150 subs, > and we received 3 days notice on a project they have evidently been > working on for 4-5 months. Anyway has anyone had to work around similar > situations and if so how long does this process normally take... they > tell me it could be up to 2 months. By that time there will be no one > left that will want service. > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > __________________________________________ > > > > Patrick Nix, Jr., > > csweb.net > > (800) 638-2614 > > http://www.csweb.net <http://www.csweb.net/> > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ==================================================================== > > ATTENTION: This e-mail may contain information that is confidential in > nature. 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