Re: Legalities of Barring other operators to a office building

(Copying in IOZ Legal)

> On 29 Jul 2016, at 07:50 , Edrich de Lange <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Good day
> 
> Bit of a strange one, but didnt know where else to ask.
> We have a customer who is in an office building, and the  building
> management refuses to allow other operators in the building.
> 
> DFA has installed a BuddyBox in the building to speed up their fibre
> installs, but as these are all small businesses (eg 10 people or less
> in most cases) the DFA solution is just too expencive.
> 
> Is there any legal way to force the building management to allow
> another provider in?
> 
> Telkom is in there but that infrastructure is so old its barely useable.
> 
> Kind regards
> 
> Edrich de Lange
> [email protected]
> 0832629566

Hi Edrich,

 I.A.N.A.L. with knowledge of common law and the details of the telecommunications law, but the issue  as far I’ve been told is that it is private property, and your client will have to check their lease agreement(s) and use that as leverage to “convince” the building management. Else, if they are part of a body corporate, then it’ll be the time to garner support from the other owners to change the rules.

Land owners have the right to refuse where they have provided alternatives, and your client is free to renegotiate their lease and move to another building that does support them and you.

Hendrik
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