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Rule2025-16332

Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment

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Published
August 26, 2025
Effective
September 25, 2025

Issuing agencies

Federal Communications Commission

Abstract

In this document, a Fifth Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules ensuring greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, revising and improving the pole attachment timeline, and establishing a deadline for the contractor approval process. In addition, the Commission denies in part and grants in part a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration from the Edison Electric Institute of portions of the Commission's December 2023 Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration from the Coalition of Concerned Utilities of a portion of the Fourth Report and Order.

Indexed from Federal Register on August 26, 2025.

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