Yes, if they truly own the duct.

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> On Jan 18, 2021, at 5:20 PM, Dev <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Some full, most empty. The current development doesn’t even want them in 
> there, poor service for over a decade, etc. Can he kick them out?
> 
>> On Jan 18, 2021, at 3:26 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> No harm.  Is the conduit empty?
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Dev
>> Sent: Monday, January 18, 2021 4:09 PM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] who owns conduit in private neighborhood?
>> 
>> The current owner bought the development from the former owner who 
>> originally installed the conduit at the prior owner’s expense. There’s 
>> nothing on the title that says the ILEC owns anything, just that there’s a 
>> PUE. It is super doubtful (unprovable) the owner of the conduit ever 
>> assigned it to the ILEC, or has an agreement that gives them access to the 
>> private development specifically, other than a general PUE. If the conduit 
>> is shared without interfering with the ILEC’s operation, is there harm?
>> 
>>>> On Jan 18, 2021, at 12:49 PM, Mark Radabaugh <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> That situation is a bit of a gray area and would probably end up depending 
>>> on the specific wording in the plat map and the state you are in, so 
>>> comments are pretty general.
>>> 
>>> If it’s platted as a utility easement and you qualify as a public utility 
>>> (again, depends on your state and specific situation) then you have every 
>>> right to be in the easement.   As to occupying a duct some other utility 
>>> installed?  Probably not.   You can add your own duct if  you like but I 
>>> wouldn’t think you have any right to occupy the other utilities duct. 
>>> Answer is obviously different if the developer supplied the conduit or 
>>> there was language in a contract saying otherwise.
>>> 
>>> As usual, advice from an engineer about legal questions is worthless :-) 
>>> Ask an attorney!
>>> 
>>> Mark
>>> 
>>>> On Jan 18, 2021, at 3:14 PM, Dev <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> In a Public Utility Easement (PUE) in a private neighborhood, the 
>>>> developer says he owns it, but the ILEC is acting like they do. Doubtful 
>>>> ILEC can produce a document that says they do. The ILEC has a little bit 
>>>> of outside plant in a large conduit, anything to stop others from pulling 
>>>> fiber through that same conduit as long as they don’t interfere?
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