Ken Schmidt

DISH Bankruptcy Update: What Landowners Need to Do Now

This article is general information only. It is not legal advice, it does not create any attorney-client relationship, and it…

2 weeks ago

Never Give Up Tower Removal Language. Ever.

Tower landowners — pay close attention if you've received a renegotiation letter or proposed lease amendment recently. We're seeing a…

2 months ago

Wall Street Is Discounting Build-to-Relocate Towers. Landowners Should Pay Attention.

Are Investors Getting Spooked by Build-to-Relocate Tower Strategies? Last month, two major private cell tower companies went to Wall Street…

2 months ago

SITA: Behind the Cards

What a Team Icebreaker Revealed About Who We Really Are At our April 27th virtual retreat, I gave the Steel…

3 months ago

T-Mobile Wants to Triple the Size of Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them?

Case Study: T-Mobile Wants to Triple Your Rooftop Cell Site — Should You Let Them? A client of ours recently…

4 months ago

Are Top Cell Tower Lease Consultant Awards Real?

Short answer: almost never. Longer answer below, because if you're a landowner trying to figure out whether the consultant you're…

4 months ago

SITA’s Good and Bad for 2025

Good and Bad for 2025Rather than the usual brag-fest, here's what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the…

5 months ago

Between a DAS and a Hard Place: Chilmark’s Difficult Legal Reality

The current situation on Martha’s Vineyard is a textbook example of what happens when an ODAS (Outdoor Distributed Antenna System)…

8 months ago

DISH Wireless Lease Excuse Letter

In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney,…

9 months ago

Edge Data Centers at Tower Sites: The High Bar and the Real Opportunity

Over the last decade, we’ve heard plenty of talk about how cell tower sites would be perfect locations for edge…

12 months ago