Michigan LECs Back Pole Attachments Proceeding

The Michigan Public Service Commission should “take a fresh look” at pole attachment policies for wireline in addition to wireless, said the Telecom Association of Michigan. TAM intervened Monday in docket U-20980 to support ExteNet’s Jan. 25 petition for a proceeding on wireless pole attachment rules. “The issues raised and relief requested in that Petition require the Commission to interpret the scope and reach of the Pole Attachment Act and its application to wireline communications facilities used to provide wireline telecommunications and broadband,” TAM said. The wireline group asked the PSC to consider definitions of attaching party and utility.