<div dir="ltr">In addition to what others have mentioned here, there is also the issue of arbitrary and anticompetitive make-ready charges.<div><br></div><div><br><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 3:50 PM John Badal <<a href="mailto:jbadal@sacredwindnm.com">jbadal@sacredwindnm.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">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. <br>
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John Badal<br>
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From: 1st-mile-nm <<a href="mailto:1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org" target="_blank">1st-mile-nm-bounces@mailman.dcn.org</a>> On Behalf Of John Brown<br>
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To: Harris, Brian, PRC <<a href="mailto:Brian.Harris@state.nm.us" target="_blank">Brian.Harris@state.nm.us</a>><br>
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Subject: Re: [1st-mile-nm] Intro and pole attachment question<br>
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Hi,<br>
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NM is way behind in pole attachment support. There have and continue to be issues.<br>
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.<br>
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I suspect that such NDA may be worked around by proper legal / regulatory process ;) ;)<br>
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In general I believe that NM should have a state level pole attachment process / rules.<br>
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Also, NM should have a one stop shop RoW ("Franchise") process, much like the CLEC process.<br>
As it sits today a provider that wants to make use of RoW would have to negotiate more than 200 agreements across the state.<br>
Just in the ABQ Metroplex<br>
City of ABQ<br>
City of Rio Rancho<br>
Town of Bernalillo<br>
Village of Placitas<br>
Village of Los Ranchos<br>
County of Bernalillo<br>
County of Sandoval<br>
State of New Mexico (NM DOT)<br>
US Federal Gov, (sometimes they pass the buck to NM DOT)<br>
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Thats 8 NM based entities, each with their own internal and public facing processes.<br>
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Happy to discuss off-list as well<br>
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On Tue, Dec 15, 2020 at 2:31 PM Harris, Brian, PRC <<a href="mailto:Brian.Harris@state.nm.us" target="_blank">Brian.Harris@state.nm.us</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> 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?<br>
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> I'd also be interested in hearing about other infrastructure deployment issues that might be impeding the roll out of ubiquitous broadband.<br>
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> Brian Harris<br>
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