Google Plugs Benefits of 'Climb Once' Pole Attachment Policies
Google told the FCC of the benefits of "climb once" policies to allow communications providers attaching lines to poles to perform all "make-ready work" that doesn't cause service disruptions as long as the engineering designs and contractors are approved by…
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the pole owner. Such "one-touch make ready" policies "reduce the disruption, inconvenience and delay that come from work by multiple crews, reduce make-ready costs, and improve safety and pole integrity," Google said in a filing Tuesday in docket 07-245 on a meeting with agency officials, including Stephanie Weiner, an aide to Chairman Tom Wheeler, and Wireline Bureau Chief Matt DelNero. Current make-ready processes prevent affordable, timely and efficient pole attachments because charges aren't predictable or verifiable, individual line adjustments take months to complete, and repeated climbs by multiple teams increase costs, compromise pole integrity, create dangers and inconvenience nearby residents, the company said in an attached presentation.