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Incompas Lobbies Carr on Fiber, Small-Cell Builds, OTMR and Competitive MTE Access

The FCC should "address barriers to both fiber and small cells," said an Incompas filing posted Monday in docket 17-79 on a meeting with Commissioner Brendan Carr. "The Commission should use its authority to establish guardrails around what are reasonable…

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fees and timeframes, with an effective enforcement mechanism, for state and local government to act on licensing and franchise agreements to be in rights-of-way." Incompas CEO Chip Pickering and others urged the FCC "to quickly adopt a one-touch, make-ready (OTMR) process for pole attachments" as recommended by the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee. Reject incumbent provider proposals "that would gut the OTMR proposal, such as allowing them to escape their public policy obligations through private contracts, indemnification provisions for consequential or punitive damages, and allowing existing attachers to pre-select the contractors used," it said, citing letters from AT&T, the Communications Workers of America and NCTA. Pressing for access to multiple tenant environments (MTEs), Incompas sought consideration of "a new rulemaking proceeding that would prohibit practices that amount to an end-run around the Commission’s current rules," and said the agency should "encourage, rather than consider preemption of ... laws that promote competitive entry to MTEs, like Article 52 of the San Francisco Police Code."