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Quincy council backs state ‘one-touch make-ready’ bills to speed municipal fiber deployment
Summary
The Quincy City Council on May 19 approved a resolution urging the Massachusetts Legislature to adopt House Bill 3546 and Senate Bill 2285 to implement a one-touch make-ready (OTMR) process that city officials say would speed and cut the cost of installing municipal fiber.
The Quincy City Council on May 19 unanimously approved a resolution urging the Massachusetts Legislature to adopt House Bill 3546 and Senate Bill 2285 to implement a one-touch make-ready (OTMR) process for utility pole work.
Supporters said the bills would streamline the process of attaching new fiber to utility poles by allowing preparatory work to be completed in a single crew visit instead of multiple visits, reducing deployment time and cost for the city’s…
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