Wireline Bureau Rejects Cities' Duplicative Rights-of-Way Fees

Cameron, Maryville and St. Joseph, Missouri, ordinances can't require Bluebird Network pay rights-of-way fees when it's leasing the network owned by LMW, which also is paying ROW fees, the FCC Wireline Bureau said in a declaratory ruling Monday. It granted a Bluebird and LMW petition and preempted the cities' fee requirements when they demand ROW fees from LMW duplicative of those Bluebird pays. Outside counsel for the cities didn't comment.