Resource
A list of current franchisees — as defined as any person, public, or private utility or entity granted long term use of the streets within the City of Portland by Portland City Council.
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Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs)
- Astound Broadband
- Electric Lightwave Inc
- Integrated Regional Network Enterprise (IRNE)
- Level 3
- Lightspeed Networks
- MCI Metro
- McLeod USA aka Paetec
- OnFiber fka Portland General Broadband
- Teleport Communications fka TCG Oregon
- XO Communications Services LLC
- Zayo Group LLC fka Abovenet fka 360 Networks
Major Utilities
- Qwest Corp. dba CenturyLink telecommunication franchise
- Frontier Communications fka GTE (Frontier pays utility license fees pursuant to City Code 7.14)
- Northwest Natural Gas
- PacificCorp dba Pacific Power & Light
- Portland General Electric (PGE pays utility license fees pursuant to City Code 7.14)
Wireless
- Crown Castle Fiber, LLC
- AT&T Wireless (New Cingular Wireless)
- ExteNet Systems
- Sprint Spectrum aka Sprint-Nextel + Amendment + Exhibit A
- T-Mobile + Amendment
- Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless
Cable TV
Point-to-Point Carriers
- Qwest Communications Corporation dba CenturyLink
- AT&T Long Distance
- MCI Communications fka WorldCom
- Sprint Communications
- VSNL aka Tata Communications
- WCI Cable aka Alaska Communication System aka ACS
Pipelines
- Chevron USA
- Kinder Morgan Cochin fka Chevron Pipeline
- Olympic Pipeline
- Zenith Energy Terminal Holdings (transferred from LCP Oregon Holdings LLC)
- Portland District Cooling Company Co aka PDCC dba Veolia Energy fka Portland Energy Systems + Map
- SFPP LP aka Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline
Shared Tenant Services
Public Phone Booths
Broadband Franchise
- 2016 Google Fiber Franchise Amendment
- 2014 Google Fiber Franchise Ordinance
- Google Fiber Franchise - Background