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.  ;-)

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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
>
>
>
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