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On 12/04/2013 01:22 PM, Quinn Wood wrote:
> In my locale it's not
> legal to have a private cable on public property without a permit, and
> that's not reasonable for most people. Meaning that type of
> infrastructure is usually run by the people choosing not to give us
> that permit.

In the USA, right-of-way and easement privileges are permitted (or 
forbidden) at the State level, and if you are lucky enough to dodge the 
hordes of lobbists and rotating doors professionals sitting at the desk 
keeping the barriers to entry nice and stratospheric, it will still cost 
you a ridiculous amount of money, the kind of money only multibillion 
dollar companies can afford to pay.

How I route around this damaged area is to negotiate with private 
landowners and secure long-term contracts for right-of-way agreements, 
paying private landowners to lease the use of their land for buried conduit.