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Charter, NCTA Want Input on Right-of-Way Broadband Fees

Charter Communications and NCTA are pushing the FCC to seek comment on right-of-way fees charged by local governments on cable ISPs. In an ex parte filing Wednesday in docket 17-84, Charter and NCTA recapped a meeting with aides to Chairman…

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Ajit Pai and Commissioner Mignon Clyburn to ask the agency to get input on the broadband infrastructure NPRM on the agenda for the April 20 meeting on the lawfulness of such fees. The cable parties said the FCC needs to ensure the NPRM doesn't create confusion about the agency's pole attachment rate regulations. The agency has tried to harmonize rates through the cable rate formula and telecom rate formula, but a third, "commingled" services formula "could introduce uncertainty," they said. Attendees were NCTA Associate General Counsel Steve Morris and Charter Vice President-Regulatory Affairs Christianna Barnhart. Charter also met with Pai aide Nick Degani to discuss municipal fees on broadband operations and how they affect broadband deployment, said a separate ex parte filing Wednesday.