Lake County has filed a complaint with the FCC about Frontier because Lake County has used Frontier poles to strong fiber and Frontier is saying that they (Frontier) want to retain the bottom position on all utility poles. That would require Lake County to move their attachments, which would cost more than $240,000.

The Lake County News Chronicle reports…

According to a release from Lake Connections, Frontier has insisted on occupying the bottom position on all utility poles, which would require the county to remove and restring cables. According to the complaint, doing so would cost more than $240,000.

Frontier responded in a statement, saying that Lake Connections attached cables to Frontier-owned poles without permission and didn’t follow an agreement the county and Frontier signed earlier.

“The simple facts, however, are Lake County attached its facilities to Frontier’s poles prior to and without Frontier’s consent and in a manner that is inconsistent with industry safety standards and the agreement it signed with Frontier,” the statement said.

In the complaint, Lake Connections says that Frontier is suggesting industry standards are “rigid” while they are actually recommendations and, taking into account the specifics of this case, it makes more sense to leave the cables as they are currently strung.