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Portland and the federal government

Learn about our sanctuary city status, efforts to block federal overreach: Portland.gov/Federal

Franchisees and ROW Code licensees

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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.

Active franchise agreements

Major utilities

Wireless

Cable TV

Point-to-point carriers

Pipelines

Other


ROW Code licensees

Chapter 12.15 ROW Code

Major utilities

  • Portland General Electric
  • Qwest Corporation d/b/a CenturyLink QC
  • Ziply Fiber Northwest, LLC

Wireless

  • Crown Castle (NewPath Networks LLC)
  • Verizon Wireless

Telecommunications

  • Astound Broadband
  • AT&T Enterprises LLC
  • Comcast OTR1 LLC
  • Forged Fiber 37 LLC
  • Lightspeed Networks Inc
  • MCI Communications
  • MCI Metro Access
  • Tata Communications
  • Teleport Communications America LLC
  • WCI Cable, Inc
  • Zayo Group

Pipelines

  • Olympic Pipeline Company
  • Portland District Cooling Co dba CenTrio

Other

  • City of Portland, Oregon - BES
  • City of Portland, Oregon - WATER
  • City of Portland, Oregon - BTS
  • NW Metal Fab & Pipe Inc
  • Lewis & Clark College
  • Portland State University Telecommu
  • University of Oregon

Historical documents and information about the Google Fiber Franchise process:

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