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Dominion Energy Says Pole Attachment Rules Are 'Equitable'

Dominion Energy told FCC Wireline Bureau staff the cost apportionment framework for pole attachments in current FCC rules is “equitable, economically efficient, and ideally-suited to promote broadband deployment in the same way it has promoted investment in communications infrastructure for…

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nearly thirty years.” Contrary to claims by NCTA and others “the pole replacement data collected by Dominion Energy over the past four years demonstrates that less than 3% of pole replacements in its service area have been performed at the cost of third-party attachers,” said a filing posted Thursday in docket 17-84: “In the case of wireline attachments … less than 1% of pole replacements have been performed at the cost of third-party attachers.”