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March 25, 2009

The days when utility poles carried three simple, uniform cables--an ILEC’s phone line, a coaxial video cable, and the local utility’s electric line--are as nostalgic and long-gone as a Hudson River landscape. Today's attachers are confronted with a dizzying array of attachments, a complex menu of rates, and a diverse and growing catalogue of joint-use infrastructure designed to accommodate new applications. It’s a poorly charted jungle for service providers and regulators alike.

Against this backdrop, the FCC is considering fundamental changes to the terms, conditions, and, most importantly, the rates that carriers and utilities can charge service providers for precious space on their facilities. Among the options under discussion is establishment of a uniform pole attachment rate for all ILECs, cable TV providers, and competitive providers delivering broadband services.

The FCC’s decision is certain to shape the competitive environment for the triple play and to affect the economic interests and deployment strategies of owners and lessees alike. And in tumultuous economic times, the stakes--and the risks--are higher than ever.

In such uncertain times and terrain, you need expert insight into the challenges and opportunities that may lie ahead. Pike & Fischer’s Pole Attachment Survival Guide: Navigating the New Joint-Use Environment Webinar can help you make prudent decisions and enable you and your clients to thrive in the new competitive attachment environment.

This 90-minute Webinar recording addressed the crucial issues confronting telecom pole attachers, and much more.

What Was Covered:

What are the prospects for a uniform, provider-neutral pole attachment rate?
How will a new rate structure affect triple-play competition?
How will electric utilities leverage their ownership of pole assets to recoup potential losses from the new rate structure?
What are the key contract provisions, rights, and obligations for pole attachment agreements?
What are the best negotiating strategies for ILECs and CLECs?
How should attachers work to avoid penalties and hidden charges?
How can attachers best prepare for make-ready charges, change-outs, and the like?

Plus, get answers to your toughest questions in the live Q&A session following the presentation.

Who Attended:

Attorneys
Policy-makers
Corporate executives
Telecommunications companies
Internet service providers
Wireless providers
Banks and financial institutions
Consulting firms

About the Speakers:

Christopher S. Huther, Partner, Business Trials Practice Group, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, D.C. - Mr. Huther is the leader of the firm’s Communications practice. He specializes in, and regularly represents domestic and international telecommunications companies and equipment manufacturers in, proceedings before federal and state regulatory agencies on a broad range of issues including local telephone competition and policy. Mr. Huther serves on the Board of Directors of the International Telecommunications Society.

Dr. Timothy J. Tardiff, Managing Director, Huron Consulting Group - Dr. Tardiff is a Managing Director at the Huron Consulting Group, with extensive experience in examination of costing methodologies used to establish prices in rate-regulated industries, including the telecommunications and public utility industries.

Megan H. Troy, Partner, Business Trials Practice Group, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Washington, D.C. - Ms. Troy focuses her practice on telecommunications and policy. She has counseled clients on a broad range of telecommunications and technology issues including FCC regulatory matters, local telephone competition, universal service, e-commerce contracts, international telecommunications, U.S. market entry, and legislative and regulatory developments in the high tech industry.

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The Pole Attachment Survival Guide: Navigating the New Joint-Use Environment – Recordings Now Available! Audio recording on CD-ROM -- $279