Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

Wed Sep 22 17:51:39 UTC 2021

Everything is negotiable.  The building owner/representative can negotiate
with the telco any terms they wish.

On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:30 AM <jray06 at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few of the buildings that my firm represents have the local telco’s
> fiber distribution and/or repeater equipment located on the premises. My
> understanding is that when one of these links go down, (we’ve occasionally
> had to interrupt circuit power to do maintenance in a building for one
> reason or another), a local engineering tech always comes running to
> restore the link. The tech has led our maintenance staff to believe that
> these repeaters are an integral part of the local ring, which fits my
> understanding.
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> When a network operator has equipment located at a third party premises,
> what is the norm for commercial contractual terms regarding the siting of
> that equipment? Any network equipment on site pre-dates my client’s
> ownership of the buildings, and they have no record of any agreements or
> easements governing who is responsible for power, maintenance, liability,
> etc.
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> My client has no philosophical objection to having the equipment on site,
> but he’s asked why he has had to pay to power and cool this equipment for
> almost 20 years when it serves him no benefit (he is not utilizing that
> company’s services). I figure some of you may be able to give me an insight
> as to what is normal and reasonable. Feel free to contact me directly if
> this message is not suitable for this distribution list.
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> Appreciate the insight,
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> *Jeff Ray*
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