— Lone issue on 5G "aesthetics" in Small Cell Order remanded to FCC — Dissent limited to disagreeing with FCC's above-cost prohibitions on municipal fees in Small Cell Order - On August 12, 2020, a panel of the 9th Circuit in...more
Pennsylvania will become the twenty-first state to certify to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it regulates third-party attachments to electric utility and telephone poles. ...more
New “One Touch Make-Ready” Regime Proposed with Shortened Timeframes and Revised Terms for Completing Pole Attachment -
Draft Declaratory Ruling Would Prohibit State and Local Moratoria on Wireline and Wireless Deployment...more
In the first decision to consider the legality of a “one touch” make-ready ordinance, a federal district court in Kentucky upheld a City of Louisville law authorizing new attachers to utility poles to rearrange the pole...more
The Order recognizes that the deployment of communications networks and broadband infrastructure depends heavily on access to utility poles on reasonable rates, terms and conditions. Accordingly, the Order declined to...more
In a significant victory for cable and telecommunications providers, today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, in a unanimous opinion, upheld the FCC’s April 2011 decision (2011 Pole Order)...more
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission (PUC) today issued an order approving a settlement of a pole attachment rate dispute between Public Service Company of New Hampshire and Time Warner Entertainment Company L.P....more