[AusNOG] Pipe hiccup in Melbourne

[McDonald Richards]

I always wondered how much money councils kept in their coffers after
charging for "restorations" and then waiting years to do the work....

Macca


On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 8:52 PM, Sam Silvester <sam.silvester at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 3:09 PM, Mark Tees <marktees at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Surely, councils could benefit by some sort of shared tunnel renting
>> scheme? I know in Sydney city there is tunnel space rented from Telstra etc.
>>
>> I know, I know, fairy land thoughts thinking that people might be able to
>> work together to avoid additional work.
>>
>>
>>
> I've seen a few attempts at this (e.g. councils either installing pit and
> pipe with the intention of it being used by other carriers / businesses, or
> allowing their own to be used). In my experience it's is rare for it to be
> the 'first option' however - either due to the costs and process involved,
> or limited space in the duct in question, or it just not being in a useful
> location. YMMV as always.
>
> I'm aware of at least a couple of data centres where shared lead in pits
> are installed to minimise the number of building entries needing to be
> built, but it really comes down to the design of the facility and if they
> are aiming to make 3rd party carriers welcome or not :)
>
> Also, co-builds are certainly a thing also to split the cost of a large
> civils build.
>
> So to a point, your suggestion is actually happening. You'd possibly be
> surprised at how much cooperation does happen, but it isn't always
> necessarily that visible.
>
> Sam
>
>
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