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The LA Times writes that Southern California Edison will allow some of its streetlights to be used in Santa Ana by EarthLink for a test network: The utility has been holding up routine requests for pole access based on concerns that no other utility in the US appears to share. Reporter James Granelli notes that Edison didn’t reject requests to put radios on poles and streetlights; it just hasn’t acted on them. I’m stunned that none of the cities have filed complaints with the FCC. Edison controls 613,000 streetlights across 183 cities; Los Angeles and Anaheim are outside Edison’s control as they own their own electrical operations.
In Edison’s defense, their streetlight system has an unusual design, in which there’s no direct power feed as in other cities, and there’s a concern about automatic switching equipment receiving interference. Of course, in the end, that’s Edison problem: They can’t deny access for this reason under the Telecom Act. They would more likely be required to perform a massive network upgrade.
EarthLink has been testing a variety of gear and frequencies to alleviate these fears.
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Yes PECO came to the table in Philly, unlike Edison, but they came with some challenges clearly meant to hostage the project. PECO insited on individual payment accounts and (mailed) bills per pole attachment. Agreed that FCC oversight is needed.
Posted by: D. Arthur at February 23, 2007 2:45 PM
Are there any large muni-wireless projects where the utility cooperated with regard to pole attachments? Can't recall any.
- Seattle: no
- Mountain View: no
- Philly: no
[Editor's note: I don't recall the Phila. utility being difficult. It took a bit to get the agreement worked out, but Edison has sat on requests for 18 months. I'm still a little baffled why the FCC hasn't been called in.-gf]
Posted by: D. Arthur at February 22, 2007 3:26 PM
In Mountain View, Chris Sacca of Google has reported that PG & E has asked for $5,000 a pole and $35,000 project management fee. So Google has declined to use their poles (to prevent setting a new pole rate) and is asking homeowners to hang an AP on their roof.
Posted by: andy jon at February 22, 2007 2:00 PM