Shaw Communications is pressing the British Columbia government and the province’s utilities company, BC Hydro, to backtrack on a proposal to institute new fees for wireless equipment on pole wires. Brings to light the fight to stop a proposal by BC Hydro to charge for additional 5G equipment on hydro wires.Rogers and Shaw have complained about issues with the joint-ownership model because they say it has caused slowdowns for their pole-access-dependent broadband projects. Unnamed rival telecoms filed freedom of information requests to the province to get the agreement signed between Telus and BC Hydro, the entities that control the majority of poles in the province, according to the BC government.“We believe innovative approaches such as strand-mount wireless equipment should be encouraged as an efficient use of finite support structure assets rather than treated as a revenue opportunity by the Crown electrical utility.” Shaw email to BC officials Both parties also entered into a one-year negotiation process whereby they would discuss the additional fee proposal.Shaw and BC Hydro signed a new agreement last year for access to poles, which allow the telecom to run its equipment and expand its broadband endeavours.But BC Hydro’s rationale for the proposal is that there are alternative attachment points for small cell equipment, including on buildings, streetlights and traffic lights, and that such equipment installs still require safety inspections and has other work implications.The Calgary-based telecom said the utilities company shouldn’t charge because it allegedly costs them nothing to attach the additional equipment.The utilities company is proposing to charge a fee for putting that additional equipment on its wires - not the pole itself - where previously that wasn’t charged.Shaw Communications is asking the British Columbia government and its utilities company, BC Hydro, to allow it to attach additional equipment on hydro wires for free.Last updated on JAs federal and provincial governments wrangle with how to improve access to support structures for telecom equipment, BC Hydro is trying to figure out how to price small cells on pole wires.
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