The US Federal Communications Commission approves the rules that will be a boost to Google's Internet service 'Google Fiber'

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Google offers a broadband Internet service business called " Google Fiber " in some parts of the United States. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) of the United States approved the rule to press the new entry into such a net service business.

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For new entrants such as Google Fiber to provide Internet services, it is necessary to newly install communication cables on the existing utility poles. However, in order to connect a new cable to a utility pole, it is necessary for companies that have already installed cables to slip their cables, and new entrants should make room for connecting new attachments.

Construction in this preparatory stage must be done by all concerned companies, in some cases it will be constructions extending from months to years. Google Fiber claimed that "Since the existing Internet service provider (ISP) Comcast and AT & T will take a long time to construct a new cable installation, business expansion is lagging behind in several cities" On the other hand I requested to approve the rule " One Touch Make Ready (OTMR)".

OTMR allows new entrants to secure the space to install attachments for their cables by moving cables installed by existing providers. Comcast requested the FCC to refuse this request, but dismissed Comcast's request as "This will benefit new entrants, but not risk existing companies," Did.

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FCC of Ajit Pai chairman in order to "new players to the construction of a utility pole, the context of the existing companies must wait for the finish the construction, delay the business development of new entrants company unnecessarily It is said that the introduction of the OTMR rule is necessary.

According to Mr. Pi, the introduction of OTMR is said to bring great benefit to the spread of broadband for smartphones, and will promote the introduction of 5G, a new mobile communication standard next to 4G. If many carriers correspond to 5G lines, it is predicted that construction of utility poles will be done more and more frequently.

OTMR, on the other hand, applies only to the construction of utility pole owned by a private person, not applied to construction of utility poles owned by local governments. Also, in 20 states and Washington DC that are opposed to the regulation of utility pole construction established by the FCC, the introduction of rules by the FCC is not relevant, so it will not apply across the United States. Also, Google Fiber itself has problems such as reducing personnel and suppressing business expansion, and it seems that it is difficult to think that Google Fiber will be introduced smoothly.

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Regarding the OTMR rule, several cases have been reported in which autonomy independently considered rules introduction, and when OTMR rules were introduced in Nashville , Tennessee State , Comcast and AT & T tried to withdraw it It was reported that Comcast and AT & T were losing the OTMR rules introduced by Louisville and Jefferson in Kentucky State .