NextG Networks, which operates and installs distributed antenna systems (DAS),...
NextG Networks, which operates and installs distributed antenna systems (DAS), told the FCC it expects to save $750,000 a year, “based only on existing nodes,” as a result of the FCC’s pole attachment order. At least 11 owners have already…
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reduced the rates they charge, consistent with the order, “with a much greater number expected to come into compliance for 2012,” NextG said in a filing at the commission (http://xrl.us/bmus6w). NextG is also having an easier time gaining ready access to pole tops for its DAS nodes, the company said. “So far five electric companies ... who had previously refused pole top attachments are working with NextG to develop construction standards” and as a result of the order “utilities are receptive to collaborative discussions regarding how NextG’s antennas may be attached above electric power in full compliance with the National Electric Safety Code."