Can the FCC Regulate the Placement of Wireless Equipment and Internet Service Attachments on Utility Poles?
National Cable and Telecommunications Association et al. v. Gulf Power Company et al. and Federal Communications Commission and United States et al. v. Gulf Power Company et al. Docket Nos. 00-832 and 00-843 From: The Eleventh Circuit Case at a Glance This case presents the question of whether the Federal Communications Commission has the authority to regulate pole attachments – both those used by cable systems that provide high-speed Internet access services over the same lines on which they provide traditional cable TV programming, and those used by wireless telecommunications services. • Previewed by Jay E. Grenig, the co-author of West s Federal Jury Practice and Instructions (5th edition), the author of West s California Code Forms: Government Code, and a professor of law at Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wis.
