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I can add that a lot of cities in the Silicon Valley area do now require having a handful of companies together before they let you dig a trench. I'd imagine this trend will spread as people in metropolitan areas get tired of having their streets dug up every few months. craig > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of > Wayne Bouchard > Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 1:28 PM > To: William Allen Simpson > Cc: Sean Donelan; [email protected] > Subject: Re: The Backhoe Summit > > > > > 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. > > Well, one little issue here.. if everyone shared the same path, that > means the backhoes can do more damage with one swing. Yeah, the > frequency may be offset by better records, but the impact of each one > will be much greater. Its a no-win situation. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wayne Bouchard [Immagine Your ] > [email protected] [Company Name Here] > Network Engineer > http://www.typo.org/~web/resume.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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