Josh - has a lot more to do with who "you" are.  Black male teen is likely
more like 1/5.  45yo white guy in a good neighborhood is more likely to get
ripped on conduit fees and taxes.  I actually live in MN now but my office
is still in Baltimore.

On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 1:43 PM Josh Luthman <j...@imaginenetworksllc.com>
wrote:

> Isn't Baltimore known for its massive growth?
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crime_in_Baltimore
> >The American city of Baltimore, Maryland, is notorious for its crime
> rate, which ranks well above the national average.
>
> >Your chance of being a victim of violent crime in Baltimore is 1 in 64
> and property crime is 1 in 33
>
> Holy jesus that's way worse than what I had in mind.
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 2:12 PM <dmmoff...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I picked a pretty much random residential block in Baltimore.  225ft
>> long.  30 buildings (counting both sides of the street).  There are
>> typically 1 or 2 mailboxes on each building.  If I assume 1.5 units per
>> building then there 45 passings (and it’s probably not that many in
>> reality).
>>
>> If that $3.33/ft is per month ….then some back of the napkin math tells
>> me you’d pretty much have to hook up every single house to make that
>> worthwhile.
>>
>>
>>
>> Which means this rule guarantees a monopoly in Baltimore forever.  Come
>> on guys WTF.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* dmmoff...@gmail.com <dmmoff...@gmail.com>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 07, 2023 1:57 PM
>> *To:* 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <af@af.afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* RE: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW
>>
>>
>>
>> $3.33 one time, or recurring?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> *On Behalf Of *Carl Peterson
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 07, 2023 12:00 PM
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW
>>
>>
>>
>> Baltimore City won't give you ROW access any sort of way.  They want you
>> to pay $3.33 per foot to use their conduit system.  If you need new duct
>> you need to build it, give it to them, and pay $3.33 per foot to use it. We
>> were in the process of leveraging Title II to force them to give us access
>> to run our own ducts under sidewalks when Title II got yanked back in
>> 2017.  That's a big part of why we left WISPA. We just gave up on the idea
>> and bought a company in FL and started running fiber.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:49 AM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Yep, a larger town in my area wanted as much for the ROW access as it
>> would cost to buy the fiber and conduit.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Josh Luthman
>>
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:33 AM
>>
>> *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
>>
>> *Cc:* syssup
>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW
>>
>>
>>
>> Getting CLEC does *NOT* remove all confusion.
>>
>>
>>
>> In my case, a village has no permits (of any kind), no understanding of
>> ROW, wanted to charge us rent to access the space, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> In others' experience, I've heard DOT/county being extraordinarily
>> difficult to work with to issue a permit.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:20 AM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] <
>> j...@brazoswifi.com> wrote:
>>
>> We got setup as a CLEC to remove all confusion.  If you are planning on
>> being in the fiber business, quit messing around and do it right.
>>
>> Jim Bouse
>> Owner - Brazos WiFi
>> 979-999-7000
>> http://www.brazoswifi.com
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Larry Smith
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 7, 2023 9:03 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>; syssup <
>> sys...@ecsis.net>
>> Subject: [AFMUG] Question for the "borg" about ISP access to ROW
>>
>>
>> Question for those more in tune than I.
>>
>> We are working (attempting) with our local electric company for access to
>> their ROW for some of our fiber and they have stated that the rights
>> granted ISP's under Title II (telecommunications provider) in 2015 was
>> reversed in 2017 and then in 2018 ISP's were put back as "information"
>> services removing any Title II rights and reverting them to Title I only.
>> Escentially they are saying we have to be a LEC or CLEC to get access.
>>
>>   Anyone have a good answer for this ??
>>
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