Fiber Sharing Agreements
Fiber Sharing Agreements
Date: / Mon, 9 May 2011 11:36:23 -0400Reply-To: / Operations Academy <>
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From: / Jason Gutting <>
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Ops Academy, We in Michigan are looking at fiber sharing opportunities. I ask the following questions looking for any response or input from the group. 1. Do you currently have fiber as part of your network that you own? 2. If you do, is there currently an avenue that you use to share that fiber with other public agencies both within the same organization and outside of your organization? 3. How do you handle the fiber sharing agreements both within and outside of your organization? 4. Do you charge an installation fee, usage fee, maintenance fee, etc., for them using your fiber network? 5. Do you restrict their bandwidth usage per month? 6. Have you had the fiber "hit" or damaged and if so how do you handle that with those partners? 7. Do you currently have markers in place where your fiber is to signify that there is fiber in the ground, who owns it and who to contact since it is all underground and can't be seen? If so what type of markers do you use and where do you get them from? 8. Do you have any sample documents / agreements for fiber sharing or details for fiber marking that you would be willing to share? Thanks. Jason Jason Gutting
Date: / Mon, 9 May 2011 11:41:40 -0500Reply-To: / Operations Academy <>
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From: / Raymond Hallavant <>
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Ray V. Hallavant
Date: / Mon, 9 May 2011 17:31:42 -0400Reply-To: / Operations Academy <>
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Jason, Hope all is well. My response is shown in red and is tagged with your questions. Let me know if you have more questions. Dennis Motiani
Ops Academy, We in Michigan are looking at fiber sharing opportunities. I ask the following questions looking for any response or input from the group. 1. Do you currently have fiber as part of your network that you own? Yes 2. If you do, is there currently an avenue that you use to share that fiber with other public agencies both within the same organization and outside of your organization? Yes 3. How do you handle the fiber sharing agreements both within and outside of your organization? NJDOT IT shares it without any agreement and other outside agencies (NJ Turnpike) through an MOA. 4. Do you charge an installation fee, usage fee, maintenance fee, etc., for them using your fiber network? No. They use ours and we use theirs, so there is no need for fees. 5. Do you restrict their bandwidth usage per month? No, we did assign fibers within the bundle, so they can use as much bandwidth on that fiber as they want. 6. Have you had the fiber "hit" or damaged and if so how do you handle that with those partners? Yes. As the Turnpike has monetary data flowing on these cables, it is in their best interest to fix the break as soon as possible. Turnpike therefore has a contract to fix all breaks that occur on the fibers that have mixed use through a contractor. 7. Do you currently have markers in place where your fiber is to signify that there is fiber in the ground, who owns it and who to contact since it is all underground and can't be seen? If so what type of markers do you use and where do you get them from? yes we do have markers, they could be in form of a sticker that can be placed on a cabinet or plastic/fiberglass stakes. These markers have our ITS maintenance phone number printed on them. 8. Do you have any sample documents / agreements for fiber sharing or details for fiber marking that you would be willing to share? I will forward it to you either tomorrow or Wednesday. Thanks. Jason
Date: / Fri, 27 May 2011 11:28:36 -0700Reply-To: / Operations Academy <>
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From: / Faisal Saleem - MCDOTX <>
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Jason, This may be little late - attached is a copy of fiber sharing IGA between Maricopa County, AZ and City of Peoria. Faisal
From: / Steve Cummins <>Subject: / FW: [OPSACADEMY] Fiber Sharing Agreements
Please see the comments below.
Thanks.
Steve "Kentucky" Cummins
1. Do you currently have fiber as part of your network that you own?
Yes
2. If you do, is there currently an avenue that you use to share that fiber with other public agencies both within the same organization and outside of your organization?
Yes, other Divisions within the Government
3. How do you handle the fiber sharing agreements both within and outside of your organization?
Other divisions are granted specific fibers within the main cable
4. Do you charge an installation fee, usage fee, maintenance fee, etc., for them using your fiber network?
No
5. Do you restrict their bandwidth usage per month?
No
6. Have you had the fiber "hit" or damaged and if so how do you handle that with those partners?
We make the repairs, communicate by phone and electronically
7. Do you currently have markers in place where your fiber is to signify that there is fiber in the ground, who owns it and who to contact since it is all underground and
can't be seen? If so what type of markers do you use and where do you get them from?
Fiber Cable Marker #MFM-12RT, 1/2" Diameter, Orange, Imprinted w/Caution! Fiber Optic Cable LFUCG Traffic Eng. (859) 258-3492
Vendor: Core Data Comm, 502-267-8646
8. Do you have any sample documents / agreements for fiber sharing or details for fiber marking that you would be willing to share?
See question #7