Pole Attachments

The FCC has reconsidered its 2011 rate formula governing the rates charged by utilities for pole attachments used to provide telecommunications services and has made further changes to ensure that the rates charged by utilities for attachments used to provide telecommunications services are as low as the rates charged for attachments

NECA: The FCC issued an Order on Reconsideration on November 24, 2015, amending rules adopted in its 2011 Pole Attachment Order in response to a Petition for Reconsideration filed by NCTA, COMPTEL and tw telecom. The amended rules define cost” for the purpose of calculating the rates that telecommunications carriers