Mayor Murray is proposing to dismiss a rule giving homeowners the right to decline Century Link placing a refrigerator sized utility box on the planting strip in front of their home.
The current rule encourages phone companies to put their cabinets on private property or underground. It also involves property owners in the decision, which takes time.
But it protects residents from having to face a big ugly box that may diminish their property value and attract graffiti.
Tell Mayor Murray that we want to retain our ability to work with Century Link to site the boxes and not have them forced on us.
Why is this important?
After reviewing the available information, I want to make sure that the citizens of Seattle get to have a say in how new technology is brought to their neighborhood/street and it's not left up to the convenience of the provider (in this case Century Link).
