# Accelerating Wireline Broadband Deployment by Removing Barriers to Infrastructure Investment
> **Federal Communications Commission** · Final rule. · Published 2025-08-26 · Effective 2025-09-25 · 90 FR 41726
## Document
- **Document number:** 2025-16332
- **Category:** broadband
- **Federal Register citation:** 90 FR 41726
- **CFR reference:** 47 CFR 1
- **Publication date:** 2025-08-26
- **Effective date:** 2025-09-25
- **FCC docket:** WC Docket No. 17-84
## Abstract

In this document, a Fifth Report and Order adopted by the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules ensuring greater collaboration and cooperation between utilities and attachers, establishing a timeline for large pole attachment requests, revising and improving the pole attachment timeline, and establishing a deadline for the contractor approval process. In addition, the Commission denies in part and grants in part a Petition for Clarification and/or Reconsideration from the Edison Electric Institute of portions of the Commission's December 2023 Fourth Report and Order, Declaratory Ruling, and Third Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. Finally, the Commission denies a Petition for Reconsideration from the Coalition of Concerned Utilities of a portion of the Fourth Report and Order.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/08/26/2025-16332/accelerating-wireline-broadband-deployment-by-removing-barriers-to-infrastructure-investment)
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