No, but I have friends/customers with really big bucket trucks. They are tree guys. Also, the local electric utility usually sets my poles. I have customers there too. The company charged me $250.00 for a 65 footer a few months back.
-----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:36 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations Must not have any lineman friends. ;-) ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com On 7/19/2010 4:53 PM, Mike wrote: > Fred: > > I have some "poles" on my network. They are hard to climb and service would > be the only caveats I'd share. Consider windmills. The ones they sell to > keep ponds aerated are aesthetically pleasing and not too expensive. > > Friendly Regards, > > Mike > > Mike Gilchrist > Disruptive Technologist > Advanced Wireless Express > P.O. Box 255 > Toledo, IA 52342 > 239.770.6203 > m...@aweiowa.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On > Behalf Of Fred R. Goldstein > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 3:24 PM > To: WISPA General List > Subject: [WISPA] Pole-mounted base stations > > A design I'm working on is in a hilly wooded rural/resort area, not > farmland. It will need a fair number (perhaps a few dozen) sites to > cover the planned turf. Each node will need both backhaul (mesh, in > the loose sense) and access antennas. The obvious place to put these > is atop utility poles. I think the local electric cooperative will > cooperate and let us rent pole space. We may however need to put > additional poles in some places. They seem cheaper than metal towers > and are less likely to raise the locals' eyebrows. > > Does anyone out there have experience with this sort of > arrangement? We're in the budgeting stage now. I have an idea what > the radios cost but the installation might be the bigger deal. The > big engineering firms are more used to fancy cellular and fiber > installs, not WISP-style radios. So we may also want to bring in > someone with this kind of WISP experience to do some consulting or > setup with us too. Thanks. > > -- > Fred Goldstein k1io fgoldstein "at" ionary.com > ionary Consulting http://www.ionary.com/ > +1 617 795 2701 > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
