Qwest Communications International Inc. will inspect its wooden poles in Colorado for decay and other deterioration in response to a jury finding the company liable for a 2004 accident that paralyzed a utility lineman.
SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED in Indiana to begin my duties at Purdue, I had the opportunity meet with Gov. Mitch Daniels, and he told me I should think of the university as the pole star for our state. SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED in Indiana to...
By Linda Haugsted L.A. Utility Ties Rate to New Services When Time Warner Cable begins to serve the majority of cable subscribers in Los Angeles after the Adelphia Communications Corp. bankruptcy is resolved, the cable operator...
Telecom giants are the brains behind the wires that twine from pole to pole, framing highways around the globe. Now mobile phones and wireless thinking threaten their survival. Can they survive this onslaught? This paper reports a study on the European wireline industry, which revealed that although industry incumbents across...
Concrete pole is not completely maintenance-free. In time, damages occur in form of cracks and flaking. If such damages are not repaired in good time, they put at risk the stability of concrete poles. Further, the industry needs higher operating and transmission voltage. Up to now, there was no solution...
May 27, 2004 --The Finnish sporting goods manufacturer, Exel, sold its 30 millionth ski pole pair last week Last week Exel made history by manufacturing its 30 millionth pair of ski poles. Exel was the first manufacturer in the world to start to m...
Many states use stationary closed-circuit TV cameras mounted on 45- to 50- foot poles erected every half-mile as part of their highway monitoring and information systems. However, highway surveillance cameras mounted on higher poles with camera-lower Many states use stationary closed-circuit TV cameras mounted on 45-...
WASHINGTON -- A U.S. appeals court last Thursday upheld several federal regulations designed to assist cable operators in attaching equipment to poles controlled by electric utilities. The decision came from a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Co WASHINGTON...
Children exposed to soil around utility poles treated with pentachlorophenol penta, a wood preservative commonly used in pole treatment, face a risk of cancer 220 times higher than the Environmental Protection Agency's acceptable level, according Children exposed to soil around utility poles treated with...
Florida Power & Light Co. has announced a 10-year multimillion-dollar plan to upgrade its system and protect it from hurricanes. Plans call for adding and improving power poles, aggressively trimming trees, improving some components of substation Florida Power & Light Co. has announced a 10-year ...
WASHINGTON -- Kansas City Power & Light must make it possible for Time Warner Cable to use its utility poles in Overland Park, Kan., according to a ruling by the Federal Communications Commission last week. Time Warner filed a complaint w...
Some Operators May Face Pole Fee Woes Cable operators may be facing new headaches in a familiar area if they press ahead with plans to provide alternate-access services or signal transport for personal communications services. Already,...
Cable operators hope they won't see big increases in pole-attachment fees, now that the courts and the Federal Communications Commission have solidified that agency's ability to regulate such levies. But Comcast Corp. of Kentucky's vice presi Cable operators...
December 15, 2003 - A Kansas town with its own municipal utility will contract for the installation of new transmission line technology to deliver more power than today, with transmission lines offering minimal line sag as operating temperatures ris December 15, 2003 - A...
EA Technology, Capenhurst, England, has launched a new version of its Pole Ultrasonic Rot Locator PURL, with improved electronics, accuracy, features and serviceability. The latest model uses a PIC micro-controller that incorporates an adv EA Technology, Capenhurst,...
On Dec. 21, 2004, the Public Service Commission of Utah found that Comcast Cable Communications owes PacifiCorp US$3.8 million, consisting of a $900,000 share of audit expenses and $2.9 million to cover penalties and back rent for unauthorized atta On Dec. 21, 2004, the...
* Valmont Industries, Inc., an Omaha, NE-based manufacturer of steel poles, structures and coating services, has opened a steel-pole manufacturing plant in Apodaca, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, as part of a joint venture with Grupo IMSA of ... * Valmont Industries, Inc., an Omaha, NE-based...
July 30, 2002 - The Finnish sports equipment manufacturer Exel has been approved as official supplier of the Austria Ski Pool in alpine and Nordic skiing. The pool selects sports equipment suppliers and sponsors very carefully, and Exel was very ple July 30, 2002 -...
This snowboarding Snowstik by Marx Boarding (www.marxboarding.com) is the first commercial product to be made of Ticalium aluminum/titanium-carbide metal matrix composite from Adal Group Inc., New York, N.Y. Snowstik is a telescoping pole that enable This snowboarding Snowstik by Marx Boarding (www.marxboarding.com) is the first...
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