Paul Werner

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FCC Adopts New Pole Attachment Rules to Promote Broadband Expansion

On December 15, 2023, after more than three years of consideration, and amid the largest ever federal investment in broadband, the Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) unanimously adopted a new pole-attachment order that...more

12/20/2023 / Broadband , Comment Period , FCC , Pole Attachment Order , Policies and Procedures , Telecommunications , Utility Poles , Wireless Technology

FCC To Vote on New Pole Attachments Rules to Promote Broadband Expansion

After more than three years of consideration, amidst the largest federal and state investment in broadband deployment, and anticipating disputes between broadband providers and utility pole owners concerning the terms and...more

12/4/2023 / Broadband , FCC , Internet Service Providers (ISPs) , Pole Attachment Order , Public Utility , Telecommunications , Utilities Sector , Utility Poles

Ninth Circuit Rejects Challenges to FCC’s One-Touch Make-Ready, Small Cell Deployment, and Local Moratoria Orders

On August 12, 2020, a Ninth Circuit panel affirmed three orders issued in 2018 by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to promote infrastructure investment and broadband deployment, including 5G small cell nodes. In...more

8/23/2020 / 5G Network , FCC , Local Ordinance , Moratorium , Municipalities , State and Local Government , Utility Poles , Wireless Facilities

North Carolina Court Issues First Decision Controlling Coop Pole Attachment Rates

This is a story of persistence and perseverance, if not patience. The cable industry finally obtained some control over skyrocketing pole attachment rates charged by cooperative utilities in North Carolina when the...more

6/2/2014 / Cable Television Providers , Time Warner , Utilities Sector , Utility Poles

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