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Forwarded message: > I've come to the conclusion that a lot of these problems could be > avoided with a bit of enforced cooperation. Recent ordinances require > competing cell providers to licence or share existing towers before > new tower permits are allowed. We don't allow multiple rows of > telephone poles in the same easement. Why do we allow unconstrained > underground work? The rampant "competition" just isn't tenable. > > [email protected] This has been very visible in DC; the PhiberPholks have had every ingress route torn up multiple times, making our (already 2nd worst in US) traffic far less tolerable. Mayor saw the issue on his radar, declared a moritorium and made lots of noises about requiring cooperation al-la Richmond. If such is now happening; I've not seen mention of it. The carriers all claimed they could not tell their competition where they were headed for, and I suspect no one will willing to buy space in advance they'd not want for 6+ months. -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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