NCTA, ACA Urge FCC to Keep Some Pole Attachment Complaint Rules
The FCC should keep pole attachment complaint procedures requiring complainants to include pole cost information in complaints and requiring pole owners to provide such information upon request by a cable operator or telecom carrier before a complaint is filed, said…
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NCTA and the American Cable Association. NCTA and ACA opposed deleting the requirements in Monday meetings with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai and Commissioners Jessica Rosenworcel and Mike O’Rielly, and Tuesday calls with the Enforcement Bureau and an aide to Commissioner Brendan Carr, said a Tuesday ex-parte notice in docket 17-245. “There is no record evidence supporting the proposed elimination of these rules or contradicting the views expressed by NCTA and ACA,” the cable groups said. Verizon supported NCTA and ACA's request in Tuesday calls to a Pai aide and the Enforcement Bureau, said another ex-parte notice posted Thursday. "Those data are critical, and if pole owners do not provide them up front that will only delay and impede the complaint process -- the opposite of what the Commission wants to achieve."