USTelecom Lauds FCC Wireline Infrastructure Draft, Verizon Pushes 'One-Touch, Make Ready'
USTelecom said an FCC wireline infrastructure draft item would help telcos modernize broadband networks and further close the digital divide. "By removing unnecessary regulatory burdens to retiring outmoded copper networks, and streamlining other processes, the item will incent investment in…
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upgraded broadband facilities and make possible further extensions of modern broadband networks to communities that currently lack access," said a filing posted in docket 17-84 Tuesday on a meeting Nov. 8 with Commissioner Michael O'Rielly. It had similar discussions with Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and an aide to Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel. The draft item is on the agenda for Thursday's meeting, with some not expecting major changes (see 1711130041). Verizon voiced support for giving pole attachers the options of using "one-touch, make-ready" processes to help speed fiber and small-cell wireless deployment, said a filing on Nov. 8 meetings with aides to Chairman Ajit Pai, O'Rielly, Clyburn and Rosenworcel, and other agency staffers. Crown Castle discussed its proposals for streamlining wireline broadband deployment, in a Nov. 8 meeting with Wireline Bureau officials.