Court Upholds FCC's Pole Attachment Rule Changes

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit upheld the Federal Communications Commission's pole attachment rate order, finding utility company arguments against the decision without merit. It also found that the FCC, in changing decades old policy on pole attachments, had justified the standard -- set in the recent Fox indecency case -- for justifying its change in policy. "As the Commission has met Fox's modest demands for changing its policy, upholding its decision follows ineluctably," said Judge Stephen Williams writing for the court.