It's Sprint, why is he working so hard to defend them?! Glad the dickheads got put in their place. Love the county engineer proving they're trespassing, too! XD
Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 11:12 AM <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > Working on engineering a new fiber line. Called for locates. Normally > they will not do the locates unless you are actually digging. If just > engineering they will not even take the dig ticket. > So, I always do some form of geo tech bore hole soil sampling etc to get > the paint down on the ROW without argument. If I forget to drill the test > holes.... well I am getting older and more forgetful. > > Sprint showed up and said: > They have a 2’ (both sides, above and below) exclusive zone that we cannot > come near nationwide. 4’ wide exclusion zone. > (I was in a state highway ROW). Told the sprint guy that I doubted they > have an exclusive ROW in a public highway ROW. > > He went ballistic. Said I had messed with the wrong people etc. Got his > boss on the phone. I told the boss that I simply did not believe it. I > might be proven wrong but generally road ROWs are pretty much the domain of > the political entity etc. He said he had fought this battle many times and > always won. They have an exclusive easement everywhere in the USA and that > their fiber is much more important than everyone else. I said that one > thing was certain, one of would be proven wrong. He hung up. > > I called UDOT. They said, no, nothing special about Sprint. I gave them > the contact info for the locator’s boss. UDOT called him. He told UDOT > that they did indeed have an exclusive easement and the would sue the state > of Utah if it is not honored. UDOT researched it. Nope. Nothing more > than a permit. Just like what Chuck has. Nothing special about Sprint. > They said that they were going to straighten this out with the AGs office. > > Then I discover that UDOT has very recently given this highway to the > county. > County engineer says Sprint has nothing, they are in trespass everywhere > they are in the county. > > So, out plowing cable and the Sprint locator showed up. Boxer shorts, > flip flops, wife beater. Starts running his mouth to my crew about Chuck > pissed off the wrong guys and that he is going to be tied up in federal > court for the next 10 years etc. Supervisor threw him off the job site. > No hard hat, no orange vest, no hard soled shoes. Supervisor called me and > said to expect a call from Sprint. I called his boss instead. Told him > that they had failed to mark 1/3 of the ROW and that the guy needs to > conform to UDOT safety standards to be out there working. And that as far > as suing me in federal courth, UDOT says I am good to go. “So tell your > guy to shut the F*** up and just do his job. “ > > This time sprint boss was meek and mild and offered to cooperate any way > possible. > I actually apologized for the harsh words, but was expecting the same > attitude as before. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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