LOL, kinda like their commericals - they have crowds of hundreds of people everywhere. "It's the network"! -RickG
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:54 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When Verizon FiOS was put into my neighborhood, they just used labor. > They had 30 or so people on our street for a week digging everything up. > >From the right of way in front of the side walks, to the common area where > the in -ground boxes were put, to the streets. The Comcast cable was run > an inch or so below the ground and is visible in many areas. Verizon dug > down about 3+ ft to lay their cable. > > So, while automated methods exists, Verizon didn't use them. > > > > > Ikes, sorry for hijacking the last thread and forgetting to change the > > subject! > > > > -=-=-=- > > Hello, > > > > If one was wanting to run fiber in an already developed neighborhood, the > > obvious obstacles are existing concrete roads, drives and sidewalks. What > > are your options for getting around this other than destroying and fixing > > which is not an option? Is there a technology that would allow you to > > drive > > conduit underneath concrete drives and such? > > > > Michiana Wireless, Inc. > > John Buwa, President > > > > http://WWW.MichianaWireless.Com > > 574-233-7170 > > > > "Lose the wires, discover the speed, enjoy the freedom!" > > > > *US Distributor for www.itelite.net Antennas* > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >> Behalf Of Marlon K. Schafer > >> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 12:02 AM > >> To: WISPA General List > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] does water ruin antennas? > >> > >> Antennas a cheap these days. When in doubt, toss it out. > >> > >> I replace everything, radio included, all of the time now. Started > >> doing > >> that a couple of years ago, man has my life gotten better and my work > >> load > >> lighter! > >> marlon > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Brian Rohrbacher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> To: "Conversations over a new WISP Trade Organization" > >> <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 10:56 AM > >> Subject: [WISPA] does water ruin antennas? > >> > >> > >> > So, if I have a suspect antenna that might have got water in it, is > >> it > >> > ruined, or can it dry out, be resealed and work just fine? > >> > > >> > > >> > Specifically, I have a couple omni's from sites that seemed to be > >> under > >> > powered. The culprit could have been the radio card, pigtail, cable > >> or > >> > omni, I don't know. I replaced it all. The reason I ask about the > >> omni > >> > is because way back a few years ago I got paranoid after I have some > >> > water issues. A couple of these omni's I put too much tape and > >> mastic > >> > on the bottom by the connector. I wrapped it up too high and thick > >> and > >> > covered the weep holes in the bottom of the omni. So maybe I got > >> > condensation, or water in there if it could not leak out.... > >> > > >> > So if an omni like that got wet, will it dry and be ok? What about a > >> > dipole on a grid? > >> > > >> > Brian > >> > > >> > > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ----------- > >> > WISPA Wants You! 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