BDAC Model State Code Could Bring Lawsuits, Say Real Estate Groups
Adopting the model state code “would result in costly regulation and litigation at the state level without any assurance of actually spurring broadband deployment,” the real estate industry warned ahead of the FCC Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee’s Thursday to Friday…
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meeting. In a letter posted Wednesday in docket 17-83, the Building Owners and Managers Association, National Apartment Association and five other real estate groups objected to Article 8, which grants communications providers right to access and install facilities in commercial and multifamily residential buildings, and requires broadband construction in new and renovated buildings at the property owner’s expense. It’s “essentially a proposal for nationwide mandatory access to private property, which to date the Commission has declined to adopt despite periodic pressure from the communications industry,” the real estate groups said.