A few of the buildings that my firm represents have the local telco's fiber distribution and/or repeater equipment located on the premises. My understanding is that when one of these links go down, (we've occasionally had to interrupt circuit power to do maintenance in a building for one reason or another), a local engineering tech always comes running to restore the link. The tech has led our maintenance staff to believe that these repeaters are an integral part of the local ring, which fits my understanding. When a network operator has equipment located at a third party premises, what is the norm for commercial contractual terms regarding the siting of that equipment? Any network equipment on site pre-dates my client's ownership of the buildings, and they have no record of any agreements or easements governing who is responsible for power, maintenance, liability, etc. My client has no philosophical objection to having the equipment on site, but he's asked why he has had to pay to power and cool this equipment for almost 20 years when it serves him no benefit (he is not utilizing that company's services). I figure some of you may be able to give me an insight as to what is normal and reasonable. Feel free to contact me directly if this message is not suitable for this distribution list. Appreciate the insight, Jeff Ray O: (956) 542-3642 C: (956) 592-2019 JRay06@gmail.com This message has been sent as a part of a discussion between Jeff Ray and the intended recipient identified above. Some topics may be sensitive and subject to legal privilege, confidentiality, or other non-disclosure agreement. Should you receive this message by mistake, we would be most grateful if you informed us that the message has been sent to you. In that case, we also ask that you delete this message from your mailbox, and do not forward or speak of it (or its contents) to anyone else. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.