IP: RETHINKING ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>


RETHINKING ACCESS TO PUBLIC LANDS AND RIGHTS-OF-WAY

At the end of March, NTIA Assistant Secretary Nancy J. Victory gave an
address at the third annual James H. Quello Communications Policy and Law
Symposium. She discusses the various issues the Administration has been
focused on in their desire to increase broadband access. Four areas were
identified as places where rights-of-way regulation could impede the
construction of broadband facilities. They included lengthy application
processes, unreasonable fees, duplicative regulations, and discriminatory
treatment. It was also pointed out that local officials have voiced concern
that decreasing regulation could create an anticompetitive environment.
Victory calls for a collaborative effort amongst federal, state, and local
officials to remove impediments to delivering competitive voice, two-way,
high-speed data and video services. She states that the FCC is working with
its Local State Government Advisory Committee to find solutions for
rights-of way access issues. Additionally, the National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) has established a committee to
provide recommendations on the rights-of-way issue.

[SOURCE: NTIA, AUTHOR: Nancy J. Victory]
<http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/speeches/2002/quello32602.htm>



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