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11/25/2015
FCC Votes to Harmonize Pole-Attachment Rates
Confirming a report last month, the FCC has agreed to a cable operator/telecom joint petition to modify the cost-allocation model for pole attachments to ensure that the reclassification of ISPs as telecoms does not result in higher attachment fees for cable ops. In the process, it effectively lowered the rate for telecoms, so both sides were celebrating. The FCC has for several years been taking steps to lower those costs and speed approvals to encourage broadband buildouts, which is one of the FCC's prime directives.
