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

[Mimbres Communications]

In addition to what others have mentioned here, there is also the issue of
arbitrary and anticompetitive make-ready charges.




On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM John Badal <jbadal at sacredwindnm.com> wrote:

> You would think that attaching fiber for broadband today to an existing
> pole line would be the most expedient way to reach homes and businesses,
> but the actual process is extremely cumbersome, somewhat arbitrary,
> expensive, and where multiple pole owners are involved, unpredictable.
> This is not just a rural phenomenon, pitting rural ISPs versus rural
> electric coops -- dealing with the City of Albuquerque is time consuming,
> expensive, heavily bureaucratic and seat of the pants managed.  Having to
> undergo a ponderous process to establishing a telecom easement on an
> electric pole line that already exists makes no sense unless broadband
> service to the end user is not the public policy objective we believe it
> is.
>
> John Badal
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 1st-mile-nm <1st-mile-nm-bounces at mailman.dcn.org> On Behalf Of John
> Brown
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2020 3:02 PM
> To: Harris, Brian, PRC <Brian.Harris at state.nm.us>
> Cc: 1st-mile-nm at mailman.dcn.org
> Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Intro and pole attachment question
>
> 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
> > 505-216-8569
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> Respectfully,
>
> John Brown, CISSP
> Managing Member, CityLink Telecommunications NM, LLC
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