[1st-mile-nm] Intro and pole attachment question

[John Brown]

Hi,

NM is way behind in pole attachment support.  There have and continue
to be issues.
The challenge that will exist in getting specifics from people is that
the pole owners require that
prospective attachers and current attachers must execute a NDA that
basically prohibits them from sharing or discussing
details or problems.

I suspect that such NDA may be worked around by proper legal /
regulatory  process ;) ;)

In general I believe that NM should have a state level pole attachment
process / rules.

Also, NM should have a one stop shop RoW ("Franchise") process, much
like the CLEC process.
As it sits today a provider that wants to make use of RoW would have
to negotiate more than 200 agreements across the state.
Just in the ABQ Metroplex
    City of ABQ
    City of Rio Rancho
    Town of Bernalillo
    Village of Placitas
    Village of Los Ranchos
    County of Bernalillo
    County of Sandoval
    State of New Mexico  (NM DOT)
    US Federal Gov, (sometimes they pass the buck to NM DOT)

Thats 8 NM based entities, each with their own internal and public
facing processes.

Happy to discuss off-list as well

On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 2:31 PM Harris, Brian, PRC
<Brian.Harris at state.nm.us> wrote:
>
> Brian Harris here.  I think I know a fair number of people on this list, having worked in telecom regulation for many years.  Currently I work for the NM Public Regulation Commission advising Chairperson Fischmann.
>
> I've been reading through the FCC's 2018 R&O Infrastructure and it's had me thinking about pole attachment law and policy and wondering if current law is impeding deployment of additional high speed internet (broadband) infrastructure.  Have there been access issues?  Make ready issues?  Trouble finding ownership of the facility?
>
> I'd also be interested in hearing about other infrastructure deployment issues that might be impeding the roll out of ubiquitous broadband.
>
> Brian Harris
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Respectfully,

John Brown, CISSP
Managing Member, CityLink Telecommunications NM, LLC