Want fiber? Do more to get it--Google exec tells cities

Everything seemed reasonable until he complained about the lack of access to "telephone pole infrastructure".

I can't speak for all 50 states, but in Indiana the pole infrastructure is actually the power utilities where anyone can request (and are mandated by the state regulatory body to have equal access to all) permission and access to attach to the poles. The process IS painful as the power utility has to perform engineering studies regarding the attachments to their poles, for each steenkin pole. The requestor pays for all such studies.