Florida Judge Temporarily Stays Order Favoring FPL in Pole Dispute With Verizon
A Florida state judge stayed his own order that sided with Florida Power & Light in a pole-attachment dispute with Verizon, the telco said in a letter posted in FCC docket 15-73 Friday. Florida Circuit Court Judge John Thornton stayed…
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the order until June 9 in the hope that a state appellate court or the FCC would rule on related Verizon appeals "relatively soon," said the order. FPL had no comment Monday. Verizon has asked the FCC for urgent intervention to prevent FPL from disrupting Verizon broadband service to customers due to the payment dispute (see 1602030050). FPL opposed the request, saying Verizon was asking "to be saved from itself" because it had decided to unlawfully withhold almost $6.5 million in payments, an amount that was increasing with time (see 1602090064).