North Carolina Pushes For National Broadband Strategy > My NC telephone cooperative

reply to ryderuntil

Re: My NC telephone cooperative

said by kcir:

Imagine that a small cooperative having fiber option and big ole mega-merged BellSouth/AT&T probably still only has most of their customers only option being dial-up.

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The issue of pole attachment rates seems to keep recurring. ......... The issue concerns pole attachment rates and efforts by electric membership cooperatives (EMCs) and perhaps others who are seeking, apparently on the advice of consultants that stand to benefit from increased commission payments, to increase significantly the charges assessed against telephone companies, CATV companies and broadband providers. Unlike traditional investor owned electric utilities that are subject to the FCC’s pole attachment formula, there are no regulations concerning electric membership corporations and their pole attachment rates.

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