Joint Use Pole Audit

 
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Joint Use

Joint use is sharing the use of poles, by mutual agreement, between pole-owning utilities, typically the local telephone company (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier or “ILEC”) and the electric utility. Space required is generally 1.5 - 3 feet for telephone attachments.

Pole Attachments

Pole attachments, originally by mutual agreement but later by federal statute and regulation, provide non-pole-owning cable and telecommunication service providers (e.g. Cable TV, Competitive Local Exchange Carriers or “CLECs”) with access to a utility’s distribution poles, conduits, and rights of way for:

  • Installing fiber, coaxial cable or wires, and other equipment;

  • Building an interconnected network; and

  • Reaching customers.

Space requested for pole attachments is typically one foot.

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