Short answer: almost never. Longer answer below, because if you’re a landowner trying to figure out whether the consultant you’re about to hire actually knows
Good and Bad for 2025 Rather than the usual brag-fest, here’s what actually happened in 2025—the good, the bad, and the stuff that keeps me
The current situation on Martha’s Vineyard is a textbook example of what happens when an ODAS (Outdoor Distributed Antenna System) reaches the end of its
In October 2025, Steel in the Air obtained a letter sent by DISH Wireless LLC to a rooftop landlord’s attorney, claiming that its lease obligations
For the past several years, Dish Network’s entry into the wireless carrier business has been a perplexing saga of big promises, sparse execution, and even
By Ken Schmidt | Steel in the Air One of the most frequent questions we get from leaseholders is “Why do they want to buy
Impact of T-Mobile and Verizon’s Potential Acquisition of U.S. Cellular on Cell Tower Landowners and Owners Introduction The telecommunications landscape is buzzing with discussions of
In a telling shift, AT&T recently relocated a cell site from an American Tower Corp. (ATC) site to a Crown Castle tower, seemingly to escape
As we do every year, we like to make predictions about the year ahead. (It’s near the end of March, so you can see we
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of studies commissioned by system integrators and OEM vendors claiming that in-building wireless coverage is insufficient and
