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Article: Rural ops are still feeling pole-axed.(Federal Communications Commission's pole-attachment fees case settled)(Government Activity)(Legal Beat)(Brief Article)
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- Multichannel News
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- March 25, 2002
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Cable operators hope they won't see big increases in pole-attachment fees, now that the courts and the Federal Communications Commission have solidified that agency's ability to regulate such levies.
But Comcast Corp. of Kentucky's vice president and general manager Ed Mount does not hold out such hope. Like a significant number of cable operators throughout the United States, his system relies on municipal or cooperative utilities, and federal law specifically excludes such entities from FCC and state utility regulation.
Paducah Power, the utility in Mount's area, wants to nearly quadruple the fees that Comcast will pay over the next tbree years.
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