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  "description": "Industry officials clashed over pole replacement costs, make-ready timelines, and federal regulatory authority.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-08T22:39:01.000Z",
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    "Broadband Breakfast on April 8, 2026 - Pole Attachments and Rights-of-WayHow can policymakers expedite pole attachments for BEAD deployments while addressing utility concerns about costs, safety, and liability?Broadband BreakfastBroadband Breakfast",
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  "textContent": "WASHINGTON, April 8, 2026 — Broadband providers and a representative of an electric utility disagreed Wednesday over who should pay for pole replacements, how fast make-ready work should happen, and whether federal regulators are helping or overstepping.\n\nAt a Broadband Breakfast Live Online event, industry officials and academics weighed in on a fight that could determine whether the nation's largest-ever broadband subsidy program meets its deadlines.\n\nAnd an official representing the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, which controls many poles, warned that its members’ infrastructure is not a public utility for the broadband industry to commandeer.\n\nBroadband Breakfast on April 8, 2026 - Pole Attachments and Rights-of-WayHow can policymakers expedite pole attachments for BEAD deployments while addressing utility concerns about costs, safety, and liability?Broadband BreakfastBroadband Breakfast\n\n### This post is for subscribers only\n\nBecome a member to get access to all content\n\nSubscribe now",
  "title": "Pole Attachment Disputes Over Costs, Timelines and Safety at Broadband Breakfast Event",
  "updatedAt": "2026-05-22T09:50:08.376Z"
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