Pole Attachments
On Pole Attachments, Industry Groups Battle Over Cost Caps and Utility Control
Comcast cited 13,000 Virginia locations facing delayed deployments from pole disputes.
Data Center
Future Data Centers are Driving Up Forecasts for Energy; States Want Proof They'll Be Built
Because of the impact that future plants pose to current ratepayers, state regulators want proof that proposed data centers will actually get built.
Data Center
Voters’ Anger at High Electricity Bills and Data Centers Looms Over 2026 Midterms
Communities with fast-rising electric bills or debates over who pays for Big Tech's energy needs are pivotal.
Pole Attachments
Utilities Want Tweaks to Pole Attachment Draft Order
Electric companies also supported some parts of the draft.
Dominion Energy
Utilities, Rural Carriers at Odds on Spectrum Deal with T-Mobile, Grain
The carrier is looking to sell its 800 MegaHertz (MHz) licenses for cash and Grain's 600 MHz holdings.
Pole Attachments
Cable, Utilities at Odds on Contractor Approval for Pole Work
NCTA proposed a 30-day deadline for utilities to greenlight an ISP's contractor.
Infrastructure
Experts: BEAD Success Hinges on States Supplementing FCC Pole Rules
Local approaches may resolve cost and delay challenges, experts say.
Pole Attachments
Wireless Industry Continues Push for Access to Light Poles
The FCC protects telecom provider access to utility poles.
FCC
Broadband Providers Oppose Another Petition to Change FCC Pole Rules
A coalition of utility companies asked the FCC to discard part of its new pole attachment rules.
Infrastructure
Utility Companies Push Back Against FCC's New Pole Regulations
Seven telecom organizations oppose an electric utility association's petition to the FCC, which seeks to overturn pole attachment changes.
Infrastructure
Big Fight Over Costs of Pole Attachments Pits New Entrants Against Utilities
Many of the commenters urge the FCC to change the standards it uses for cost-sharing of pole replacements.
Broadband Live
Broadband Breakfast on April 27, 2022 – New Wires on Old Poles: Will the FCC Change Rules for Attachments?
Learn how the Federal Communications Commission’s rulemaking on pole attachments could impact the broadband rollout
Benton
Broadband Roundup: Digital Inclusion Often Falls Short, Rumble Over Roomba Spectrum, Deal Over Education SuperHighway
Most attempts to close the digital divide through smart city digital inclusion fall short of their overpromising corporate rhetoric, argues Burcu Baykurt for the Benton Institute for Broadband and Society. Digital inclusion is “the idea that nobody in the city should be deprived of digital technolog
Energy Department
Loving the Smart Grid and its Consumer Benefits at New America Foundation Panel
WASHINGTON, July 13, 2010- A panel of smart grid experts claims that smart grid advocates and providers are not doing enough to educate consumers about the benefits of smart grid technology.
