NTIA Deputy Urges Broadband Providers, Pole Owners to Cooperate
‘There are equities on both sides of this and we got to recognize that,’ NTIA deputy says

‘There are equities on both sides of this and we got to recognize that,’ NTIA deputy says
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2024 – When it comes to attachment disputes between pole owners and broadband providers, it is far from a “good guy, bad guy” situation.
That was the message of Evan Feinman, deputy associate administrator for Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment at the National Telecommunications and Information Administration during a Thursday panel here hosted by the Schools, Health and Libraries Broadband Coalition.
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