[AusNOG] Rooftop Datacentre Space Renting - UHF/VHF Aerial Point

[Serge Burjak]

http://www.crowncastle.com.au/ has a lock on most phone towers in
Australia, but other stuff as well.

Serge

On 4 February 2015 at 09:05, Curtis Bayne <curtis at bayne.com.au> wrote:
> In my experience, most DCs tend not to be in great spots for RF (with some
> notable exceptions). It is usually the customer's responsibility to serve
> the building with a low impact notice and bring the RF into a carrier area
> to be cross-connected.
>
> FWIW, I'm in the process of doing something similar for a not-for-profit
> without a carriers licence - it has so far worked out a lot cheaper and
> easier to colocate the RF site somewhere else and overkill the
> connectivity/power redundancy than to go ahead with lawyers and substantial
> capital works in someone else's facility. There are a number of specialist
> land mobile wireless operators who already have sites with purpose-built RF
> colocation, complete with redundant power and backhaul. AMR
> (http://amr.net.au/) would be a good first point of call for a service like
> this.
>
> Hit me up off-list if you need any further information.
>
> -C
>
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 8:32 AM, Greg Lipschitz <Greg at thesummitgroup.com.au>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Daniel,
>>
>>
>>
>> In most cases you will need to work with the DC Provider as they will
>> happily lease you roof space or any other space you want. Much the same as
>> access to private towers (ie. Cell Sites, Water Towers etc)
>>
>>
>>
>> In the case of anything RF, it will be a matter of ensuring that the site
>> users are not causing interference to each other so that they can cohabit
>> the roof space happily.
>>
>> Generally the site owner will oversee this with the assistance of either
>> using external contractors or requesting a site survey before approving the
>> access.
>>
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>>
>> Greg
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of
>> daniel at glovine.com.au
>> Sent: Wednesday, 4 February 2015 8:59 AM
>> To: ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
>> Subject: [AusNOG] Rooftop Datacentre Space Renting - UHF/VHF Aerial Point
>>
>>
>>
>> Gday Noggers,
>>
>>
>>
>> I Have just had a different sort of request come past, where I have a
>> customer who are looking for co-location for their equipment, However they
>> are needing to mount a UHF/VFH Aerial on the roof for reception,
>>
>>
>>
>> I was wondering if anybody off-list would be able to get back to me with
>> rough pricing from previous similar types of projects they have been
>> involved with, specifically at either Vocus Sydney, or Equinix Melbourne
>>
>>
>>
>> TIA
>>
>>
>>
>> Daniel
>>
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