Electric Industry Raises Concerns about National Broadband Plan

Eight electric utilities have taken their concerns about pole attachments to the Federal Communications Commission. While supportive of the deployment of broadband nationwide, the electric utility industry is concerned about recommendations in the National Broadband Plan. The industry says it is subject to unfair and discriminatory pole attachment rates, unauthorized attachments, safety violations and administrative burdens. These concerns, the commenters say, are absent in the broadband plan.