Mercatus' Skorup Warns of Overreaching on Infrastructure
Rights of way and pole access present “a difficult problem with novel issues and unclear federal law,” Brent Skorup of the Mercatus Center emailed Thursday (see 1910300027). “Providers are itching to deploy 5G and fiber networks everywhere but city leaders…
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have to ensure orderly construction and adequate fees for use of rights of way property. With millimeter wave and mid-band spectrum coming online, carriers want to deploy new cellsites and gain access to roadside infrastructure. The problem is that there are a small number of actors on both sides who poison future negotiations by overreaching. Things will be sorted out eventually but delays help no one.”