~50 years ago, laws were written that stated "all communication companies are consider utilities and as such, all utilities should have common access to 'telephone' poles for use to lay down cable" (I'm paraphrasing).
Up to this point, "communication" just means copper lines for telephone (voice).
Then, in the 1980s - the Internet launched.
New companies are now wanting to lay down Fiber optic cables to use for the Internet, and they want the same "common access" to these telephone poles.
But it's ambiguous, what is a "communication company".
This was well understand in the 60s and 70s to mean telco ... but should that definition now be expanded?
So an agency comes in, and say "yes, fiber is consider communication - fiber companies get access to telephone pols to lay fiber down".
When this law was originally written, it's was clear. But then new technology challenged what the meaning & intent of the law meant.
~50 years ago, laws were written that stated "all communication companies are consider utilities and as such, all utilities should have common access to 'telephone' poles for use to lay down cable" (I'm paraphrasing).
Up to this point, "communication" just means copper lines for telephone (voice).
Then, in the 1980s - the Internet launched.
New companies are now wanting to lay down Fiber optic cables to use for the Internet, and they want the same "common access" to these telephone poles.
But it's ambiguous, what is a "communication company".
This was well understand in the 60s and 70s to mean telco ... but should that definition now be expanded?
So an agency comes in, and say "yes, fiber is consider communication - fiber companies get access to telephone pols to lay fiber down".
When this law was originally written, it's was clear. But then new technology challenged what the meaning & intent of the law meant.