Fiber Network Equipment Commercial Norms

Thu Sep 23 01:12:44 UTC 2021

If someone were to make us remove a redundant DWDM node, we’d charge them list price to ever consider putting it back*, plus a deposit, plus our costs for the removal in the first place.  Bad move.  Enjoy the $8million, it could cost more than that to undo this mistake.

*you’d actually never ever get it back in the form you’d want. We’ll never trust the site again and won’t place critical infrastructure there, we’d only build back what’s needed to serve the use.

Ms. Lady Benjamin PD Cannon of Glencoe, ASCE
6x7 Networks & 6x7 Telecom, LLC 
CEO 
lb at 6by7.net
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> On Sep 22, 2021, at 9:58 AM, William Herrin <bill at herrin.us> wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2021 at 9:29 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
> 
> 
> The equipment is generally there at the invitation of someone who has
> purchased services from the operator with the typically verbal
> permission of the building owner. It will be removed more or less
> promptly on demand, but.... you don't want to do that. When you or a
> tenant want to buy their services, getting them to bring the equipment
> in is difficult and generally not timely. And having previously
> hassled them, it would certainly not come without cost.
> 
> The immediate availability of services from the vendor positively
> impacts the utility of the whole building. This is a plus for you at
> the relatively modest cost of providing some electricity.
> 
> The equipment should be battery backed with at least a day's worth of
> power. If it isn't, tell them you're doing renovations and can't
> guarantee uninterrupted power. Advise them to upgrade or replace the
> battery string. What they do beyond that is up to them.
> 
> The equipment is likely part of the local ring but if they permanently
> remove it, they'll simply splice the fiber removing that stop on the
> ring. So it isn't a huge deal to remove it, but it'll be a big deal to
> ever put it back. Even if you pay them.
> 
> The above primarily applies to the local telephone company equipment.
> There are also non-phone company network operators who site things
> which are intended to service the surrounding area rather than the
> building itself. Those typically have a more formal agreement, either
> a rent payment or comped services. The company will be able to produce
> that agreement (or at least relate its terms) upon request.
> 
> Regards,
> Bill Herrin
> 
> -- 
> William Herrin
> bill at herrin.us
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