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CenturyLink Seeks More Pole Attachment Oversight for Rural Co-ops, Municipalities

CenturyLink wants municipal or cooperative utilities that win or partner to win support from the USF Rural Digital Opportunity Fund to be required to provide access to their poles to telecom providers consistent with FCC pole attachment rules, it posted…

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Thursday in docket 17-84. "Unreasonable rates, terms, and conditions for access to municipal and cooperative utility poles have persisted due to the absence of meaningful regulatory oversight at the federal, state and local levels."