Telecom Right-of-Way (TelROW) Coalition said NOAA failed to ident...
Telecom Right-of-Way (TelROW) Coalition said NOAA failed to identify how fiber projects crossing National Marine Sanctuaries (NMS) resulted in public’s loss of use of those protected areas. TelROW, group of telcos, ISPs and energy utilities, said NOAA’s revised fair…
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market value analysis report released in Aug. (CD Aug 20 p4) would result in “unnecessary and invalid escalations in [right-of-way] price.” Although group in past had lauded agency for dropping its proposed one-time $120,000 per-fiber-mile ROW fee, it reiterated concern that proposed land-valuation methodology deviated from accepted appraisal industry standards: “These long-range cable projects form the backbone of the information superhighway… The valuation of rights-of-way advanced in the [NMS] report will have a significant impact not only on the costs associated with international electronic commerce, but efforts to extend digital information opportunities to these underserved populations, and bridge the ‘digital divide.'”