The data could inform policy decisions where the FCC doesn't regulate poles, the group said.

These vast, climate-controlled facilities, housing thousands of servers, support cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and data-driven decision-making.

The industry wants a firm deadline for utilities to process large pole attachment requests.

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Now is the time for good-faith, business-to-business negotiations between internet providers and pole owners.

The FCC protects telecom provider access to utility poles.

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The lack of pole attachment policies could hinder or even hold-up even the best laid deployment plans.

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Rights of way, pole attachments, environmental permitting and other hurdles to broadband infrastructure deployment.

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A coalition of utility companies asked the FCC to discard part of its new pole attachment rules.

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While policymakers work to lift barriers such as permitting reform, others remain sidelined, such as pole access.

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Poles should be assessed for integrity to carry additional equipment, says director at engineering consulting firm.

Revising its pole replacement rules may give providers quicker access to poles in communities for deploying high-speed broadband.

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BROADBAND BREAKFAST INSIGHT: It is truly astonishing to see an incumbent provider, such as Verizon, taking the position that there must be easier access to poles and rights of way. But that’s a good thing! Perhaps this is evidence of how far Verizon has moved away from the public utility model, but