CenturyLink pole attachment bonds.
From $100.
Qwest Corporation dba CenturyLink QC requires an outside provider that hangs cable, fiber or other facilities on its Oregon poles to sign a pole attachment license agreement and post a surety bond behind it. CenturyLink QC sets the bond amount in your license agreement; premiums cost 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum.
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How much does a CenturyLink pole attachment bond cost?
2% of the bond amount, from $100. Enter your amount in the calculator for the exact price.
Three steps. One sitting.
Your CenturyLink pole attachment license is waiting on this bond. Here is the entire process — no broker phone tag:
Apply once, online
Your business details, the bond amount your license agreement requires, and the effective date — plus a one-time consent to a soft credit pull.
Approved
Most are approved as soon as you apply. The check is a soft pull that never affects your score. If it needs a second look, one to two business days at most.
E-sign & deliver to CenturyLink QC
Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to deliver to Qwest Corp. dba CenturyLink QC for your pole attachment license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the pole attachment bond actually guarantees
Qwest Corporation, doing business as CenturyLink QC, owns and maintains telephone poles throughout its Oregon service territory. Before a cable, fiber, wireless, or other third-party provider attaches facilities to those poles, CenturyLink QC requires a pole attachment license agreement — and, as a condition of it, a surety bond.
The bond is a performance-and-payment guarantee: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Qwest Corp. dba CenturyLink QC (the obligee). It backs your obligation to pay the attachment fees and charges due under the license agreement, and to indemnify CenturyLink QC for loss, damage, or claims arising from your attachment work — including removing or relocating your facilities when the agreement requires it.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. CenturyLink QC sets the bond amount in the license agreement rather than a fixed statutory figure, so this bond is priced at 2% of the bond amount, with a $100 minimum, after a quick soft credit pull that never affects your score.
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Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A court bond answers to the court and the party its order protects: if the judgment or order the bond secures is not satisfied, that party can claim against it, up to the penal sum the court set.
The surety pays a valid claim after the court rules, and you repay the surety. A court bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
E-sign & deliver to CenturyLink QC. Pay online and receive the executed bond, ready to deliver to Qwest Corp. dba CenturyLink QC for your pole attachment license. Wet-ink originals mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is 2% of the bond amount, $100 minimum: the amount the obligee sets moves the price, not your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual underwriting fields, including a one-time consent to a soft credit pull. Submit once and your bond is issued when you pay.
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CenturyLink QC is waiting on one document.
From $100, short application, bond issued when you pay. Soft pull only. Free until issued.