Fiber Technologies Networks (FiberTech) asked Connecticut regulat...
Fiber Technologies Networks (FiberTech) asked Connecticut regulators to hold AT&T to April pole attachment rule changes. The rules give pole owners 90 days to process and issue pole attachment permits within 90 days and 14 days to correct pole…
Sign up for a free preview to unlock the rest of this article
Export Compliance Daily combines U.S. export control news, foreign border import regulation and policy developments into a single daily information service that reliably informs its trade professional readers about important current issues affecting their operations.
attachment safety problems. AT&T has appealed the rules to the state courts, but there has been no judicial stay so the rules should be enforced, FiberTech said. It accused AT&T of failing to issue pole permits within 90 days and improperly delaying access to poles by claiming it needed to wait until the other attaching party fixed safety problems with existing attachments. FiberTech (Case 07-02-13) also told the Department of Public Utility Control that AT&T hasn’t set up a means of reporting and correcting pole attachment hazards. FiberTech cited delays on 10 pending permit applications that have forced it to pay late fees to customers. It asked the DPUC for an order compelling AT&T to complete these permits, obey the 90-day clock on permit applications and set up a program for timely correction of pole safety problems. AT&T in August implemented a trial program where attaching parties could do much of the preliminary work themselves. It said it has issued permits for 13 FiberTech pole attachments under this program, of which five have been completed.