Local BDAC Member Slams FCC Draft on 5G Deployment
The FCC’s proposed 5G infrastructure order ignores work of the Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee, said BDAC member and Georgia Municipal Association Executive Director Larry Hanson in a Monday letter to the FCC. He and other local governments continued to file…
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opposition to the draft in docket 17-84 (see 1809140012). The FCC should let BDAC finish its work; the group won’t be finished until March, Hanson said. “The Commission has chosen the best interests of the wireless industry over that of the public.” Cost-based fees are neither fair nor reasonable, a proposed shot clock for collocation is too extreme and proposed limits on aesthetic reviews are flawed and one-sided, he said. More opposition surfaced Monday from multiple other local officials, including the Kentucky League of Cities, Illinois Municipal League and mayors from Everett, Washington, and Chagrin Falls, Ohio.