Amtrak Asks O'Rielly, Carr to Reject Pole-Attachment Requirements for Railroads
Requiring railroads to collect and disclose pole-attachment information is “inappropriate and counterproductive,” said an Amtrak ex-parte letter Tuesday in docket 17-84 about Monday meetings with FCC Commissioners Mike O’Rielly and Brendan Carr. Railroads play an “insignificant role in the last-mile…
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distribution of broadband services over public rights-of-way,” Amtrak said: Imposing such requirements would “impair free market negotiations for use of the limited railroad ROW that is available for third-party communications purposes, and would inflict unnecessary and significant costs and burdens on railroads.”