Pedestals Existing and Future

Pedestals – key points Chorus has pedestals, but our design will need to be reviewed in light of the recent National Environmental Standards Chorus will offer pedestal co-location services to our customers on a commercial basis Once installed, space management within a pedestal will be subject to the terms of the Sub-loop Services STD.

National Environmental Standard (NES) The National Environmental Standards for Telecommunication facilities came into force in September 2008. The regulations set out various telecommunication plant that can be installed under this umbrella if they fall within various conditions.

NES and the Cabinet(s) The regulations set the footprint a cabinet can occupy and the maximum height – i.e. 1.4m2 and 1.8m respectively for Urban residential areas. They also set noise requirements external to the cabinet. A second cabinet can be placed along the first cabinet in an urban residential area if: it can be contained within the 1.4m2 footprint; and it is no higher than 900mm from the concrete foundation plinth. The alternative is to place the second cabinet a minimum of 30 meters away from the first Note that there are other conditions that may apply depending on the area’s classification in the relevant District Plan.

Existing Pedestal The existing pedestal: 19” rack mount vertically mounted; 11RU mounting space; 450 watts heat dissipation; no local power; and all services and terminations are in the parent cabinet The cabinet does not comply with the National Environmental Standards as a second cabinet on a common site. The pedestal’s height of 1095mm exceeds the 900mm limit Note that it can still be installed either 30 metres away or apply for permission outside the NES

Proposed Pedestal Redesign Initial discussions have been held to design a pedestal which complies with the NES. With the experience of Eaton it is expected that the redesign will be very straight forward. Depending on the changes required, a new version would require about 3 months for design and prototype production. It would be another 2 months before a new pedestal would roll off the production line.