Comments on Gigapower's Preemption Petition Due Feb. 4
Comments are due Feb. 4, replies March 6, on Gigapower’s petition asking the FCC Wireline Bureau to preempt local pole-attachment requirements in Rock Hill, South Carolina, to allow the company to provide telecommunications services, said a public notice in Tuesday’s…
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Daily Digest. Due to a prior agreement with provider Comporium, Rock Hill “is requiring Gigapower to rearrange attachments to City-owned poles or to replace poles to obtain access, despite the existence of adequate available space” on existing poles, Gigapower told the agency. Rock Hill’s actions “are tantamount to a de facto moratorium that the Commission should preempt,” the petition said.