In last week's Order on Reconsideration , the FCC definitively closed the "telecom formula loophole" thereby ensuring that pole attachment rates for telecommunications attachers approximate the rates for cable attachers, as intended by the Commission's 2011 Order amending its pole attachment rules. In the Reconsideration Order, the FCC further revised the telecom formula to equalize it with the cable formula in most cases in response to a petition for reconsideration filed jointly by NCTA, Comptel and tw telecom .