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Along lor the Ride: To recover lost revenue and address safety and liability concerns, electric co-ops aggressively work to crimp pole attachment 'freeloaders'
Jim Mangum, CEO & general manager of Wake Electric Membership Corporation, a 33,000-member system headquartered in Wake Forest, N.C., ricochets between laughter and frustration in describing interactions with telecommunications providers wanting to piggyback lines and conduits on the co-op's poles and rights-of-way. Almost always, his focus turns to cable TV titan Time Warner. "We'd been billing Time Warner for 1,400 authorized pole attachments," he explains. "But the company hadn't been paying its bills, leading to years of unpaid invoices. When we pressed Time Warner officials for payment, they complained that our pole count was incorrect and we were overcharging them."
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机译：Wake Electric Membership Corporation的首席执行官兼总经理Jim Mangum是总部设在北卡罗来纳州Wake Forest的一个拥有33,000名成员的系统，它在欢笑与沮丧之间跳动，描述与电信提供商之间的互动，这些运营商希望在合作社的两极和权利上搭载线路和管道的方式。几乎总是，他的焦点转向有线电视巨头时代华纳。他解释说：“我们一直在向时代华纳公司（Time Warner）收取1400个授权的杆附件的费用。” “但是该公司没有支付账单，导致多年未付发票。当我们敦促时代华纳公司官员付款时，他们抱怨我们的电杆数不正确，因此我们收费过高。”
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