The Municipality of Concordia is conducting inspections and notifying service provider companies to remove disused cables.
Aerial cabling is a source of visual pollution in urban areas, as it can affect the aesthetics of the place and the satisfaction of residents. Furthermore, it can have economic consequences, such as a decrease in tourist appeal and property valuation.
From the Directorate of Electrotechnics, under the Secretariat of Urban Development of the Municipality of Concordia, Andrés Villalba explained that we are “taking action on the issue of aerial cabling because different companies are joining in and there is also an increase in fiber optic technology compared to what was analog television or telephony.”
The official acknowledged that the work is arduous because “many of the companies are not complying with what the ordinances stipulate.”
INSPECTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
In the current administration, “the mayor Francisco Azcué has asked us to intervene in this matter and give it priority, so we are working with inspectors on the street, going from pole to pole, notifying each company,” the official highlighted.
In that sense, he reported that the relevant notifications are being made so that they proceed to remove all “dead cabling,” that is, what is in disuse.
Villalba exemplified by mentioning that “we have an issue with telephone companies mainly because what is happening, especially in the city center, is that a service is contracted for a commercial premises but then that business closes, another one comes, and when they request a new service, they run new cables without reusing the previous one or removing it.”
DEADLINES
The Director of Electrotechnics reported that those firms are being notified and were “given a deadline, which is soon to expire, of three months to regularize all cabling and crossings as appropriate.”
The official detailed that the number of notifications “that we have is significant.” In any case, he noted that “so far we are having good responses, they are doing the cleaning, and I believe that, in the city center, they are already 90% of the way there.”
What comes next, he anticipated, is “rearranging the crossings,” in which it is very common for service companies to “generate an ‘umbrella’ distribution, and what we are asking is for those crossings to be through a single point, either at the corner or in the middle of the block.”
TECHNOLOGY
Finally, Villalba emphasized the advancement of new technologies as a solution to the aerial cabling problem: “The idea is that, with new fiber optic connections, we can, in the future, remove all the copper,” he pointed out.
Currently, firms that have “copper cabling are replacing it with fiber optics, but all new infrastructure, for example in places where the service did not reach, is already being done underground,” he specified.
With the arrival of new companies in the sector, “they already come with new technology and are being required to comply with the ordinances,” commented Villalba.
Furthermore, he stated that the internal challenge is to update the current regulations. “We have ordinances that date back to the 80s or 90s and now we are working together to modify and update them,” he concluded.
Aerial cabling is a source of visual pollution in urban areas, as it can affect the aesthetics of the place and the satisfaction of residents. Furthermore, it can have economic consequences, such as a decrease in tourist appeal and property valuation.
From the Directorate of Electrotechnics, under the Secretariat of Urban Development of the Municipality of Concordia, Andrés Villalba explained that we are “taking action on the issue of aerial cabling because different companies are joining in and there is also an increase in fiber optic technology compared to what was analog television or telephony.”
The official acknowledged that the work is arduous because “many of the companies are not complying with what the ordinances stipulate.”
INSPECTIONS AND NOTIFICATIONS
In the current administration, “the mayor Francisco Azcué has asked us to intervene in this matter and give it priority, so we are working with inspectors on the street, going from pole to pole, notifying each company,” the official highlighted.
In that sense, he reported that the relevant notifications are being made so that they proceed to remove all “dead cabling,” that is, what is in disuse.
Villalba exemplified by mentioning that “we have an issue with telephone companies mainly because what is happening, especially in the city center, is that a service is contracted for a commercial premises but then that business closes, another one comes, and when they request a new service, they run new cables without reusing the previous one or removing it.”
DEADLINES
The Director of Electrotechnics reported that those firms are being notified and were “given a deadline, which is soon to expire, of three months to regularize all cabling and crossings as appropriate.”
The official detailed that the number of notifications “that we have is significant.” In any case, he noted that “so far we are having good responses, they are doing the cleaning, and I believe that, in the city center, they are already 90% of the way there.”
What comes next, he anticipated, is “rearranging the crossings,” in which it is very common for service companies to “generate an ‘umbrella’ distribution, and what we are asking is for those crossings to be through a single point, either at the corner or in the middle of the block.”
TECHNOLOGY
Finally, Villalba emphasized the advancement of new technologies as a solution to the aerial cabling problem: “The idea is that, with new fiber optic connections, we can, in the future, remove all the copper,” he pointed out.
Currently, firms that have “copper cabling are replacing it with fiber optics, but all new infrastructure, for example in places where the service did not reach, is already being done underground,” he specified.
With the arrival of new companies in the sector, “they already come with new technology and are being required to comply with the ordinances,” commented Villalba.
Furthermore, he stated that the internal challenge is to update the current regulations. “We have ordinances that date back to the 80s or 90s and now we are working together to modify and update them,” he concluded.