Bell says shifted cost burden of pole work means attachment rate will need to increase

By Ahmad Hathout OTTAWA – Bell is asking the CRTC to institute an interim pole attachment rate for third parties in Ontario and Quebec until it can update cost studies to determine how it can recover costs it says it will incur after a decision by the commission in February that shifts the cost of corrective work on poles to the pole owner. Among tariff filings on Monday, the incumbent pole owner in those provinces said the commission’s decision to shift costs onto the pole owner has shone a spotlight on its outdated pole attachment rate that it said is...