From: Mike N. 

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 19:22:20 -0600, "Glenn Meadows"
 wrote:

>we had to cross a main street, and had to go 2 blocks out of the way to get
>to a cross street, then we ran into one pole that was Bell South only, and
>we got blocked. If the pole carried Electric, and was NES, we could rent
>pole space for about 15.00/pole/year, just buy our own wire, and pay to have
>it strung.

   Considering the lightning risk, I'd prefer fiber or wireless for this
solution.   I've seen some pretty severe lightning damage from street wires
- it takes more than just running it through a standard surge protector to
protect the local equipment.

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