Rochester Disputes NCTA Claims of Franchise Fee Excesses
Municipal code taking effect April 1 and requiring all telecom providers with facilities in city rights of way to pay compensation for ROW use isn't a cable franchise fee, Rochester, New York, emailed us Monday in response to NCTA's naming…
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it as an example of cities violating or exceeding franchise fee caps (see 1903140068). Rochester said before the new code, the city "has been arguably inconsistent" in ROW management, with different utilities and telecom providers paying different levels of compensation. The code establishes a uniform compensation requirement reflecting reasonably approximate costs for the maintenance, operation and management. "We are not 'double billing' Charter" Communications, it said.