Conduit, duct, pole attachment, dark fiber and franchise agreement documents
Some of the original source documents are available.
Cities and other agencies commonly lease spare conduit and duct capacity to telecommunications companies, as a way of improving local broadband facilities and to generate revenue. Sometimes those agreements result from a request for proposal process and sometimes from direct negotiations. Some sample lease contracts, RFPs and other documents are below. Tellus Venture Associates assists communities in developing these agreements.
Lit San Leandro, a project to build a city-wide middle mile fiber network, was made possible by this lease negotiated by Tellus Venture Associates, on behalf of the City.
The Baller Herbst Law Group is a leading advocate for community broadband. It publishes an up-to-date legal primer on pole attacment issues. The Baller Herbst web site has many other valuable resources for community broadband projects.
Fiber optic conduit lease agreement with XO Communications, July 2011
RFP for lease of excess capacity in city-owned conduit space, May 2011
RFP for underground communications conduit lease, April 2011
City-owned conduit lease agreement with CenturyLink, March 2011
Conduit lease agreement with Great Lakes Comnet, Inc., May 2010
Conduit lease agreement as-builts (exhibit A), May 2010
Duct lease on Delaware Memorial Bridge, with Fiber Technologies Networks LLC, 2009
Agreement between City of Boulder and the Boulder Valley School District for a swap of conduit space for fiber optic strands, 2009
Joint facilities agreement for electric facilities, including poles and conduit, with Broadweave Networks, June 2008
Report on revenues generated through the rental of conduit duct space, January 2002
Follow up review on revenues generated through the rental of conduit duct space, July 2004
2011 ruling on a conduit dispute between Bell South and a railroad company
Interconnection agreement with Sonic, filed with the California PUC, 2010
Rate card for various services provided to CLECs, including conduit access, in Connecticut
Standard CLEC agreement, New York
Standard CLEC agreement, Pennsylvania
Interconnection agreement with Fibertech in New York, 2003
Regional agreement with Access Fiber, 2008
Boilerplate agreement for rights of way, conduit and pole attachments.
Interconnnection agreement with Sprint in Illinois, 2002
Standard CLEC agreement, Arkansas, 1999
Boilerplate lease from 2008 for city-owned dark fiber network, operated by its electric utility, Silicon Valley Power
Cable franchise agreement with Charter Communications, 2000
Fiber and telecommunications franchise agreement, 1998
