Right-of-Way Fees Don't Stunt Broadband Deployment, Cities Say
Right-of-way fees charged by localities don't affect broadband deployment, with a correlation between communities that charge fees for ROW use and high levels of deployment, localities and their organizations said in an FCC docket 05-311 posting Wednesday. That shows cable…
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operators' obligations to local governments aren't such a burden that they affect deployment of cable or other services, they said. Included were third-party analyses of cable operator profitability in 2013-15 and a Columbia Telecommunications report. Signers included Atlanta; Boston; Dallas; Washington, D.C.; Fairfax County, Virginia; and Montgomery County, Maryland.