Comments on: Opinion: Stories of small cell application agreements failure between carriers and cities are too often part of the wireless lobby efforts (in the media) to maintain profit margins. https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/opinion-stories-of-small-cell-application-agreements-failure-between-carriers-and-cities-are-too-often-part-of-the-wireless-lobby-efforts-in-the-media-to-maintain-profit-margins/ Since 2004, Steel in the Air has served over 3,000 clients, reviewed over 10,000 cellular leases and tracked over 2,000 lease buyout offers. We represent private landowners, corporate property owners and public entities in lease negotiations against wireless carriers and tower companies. We also consult on cell site and cell tower valuation and brokerage. Our cell tower and cell site database has grown to encompass over 285,000 cell site locations nationwide. Thu, 21 May 2026 03:15:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Ken Schmidt https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/opinion-stories-of-small-cell-application-agreements-failure-between-carriers-and-cities-are-too-often-part-of-the-wireless-lobby-efforts-in-the-media-to-maintain-profit-margins/#comment-638 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:56:11 +0000 https://www.steelintheair.com/Blog/?p=1899#comment-638 In reply to Travis.

I appreciate your comments- and agree that there are cities that have undergrounding policies that significantly reduce the availability of above ground poles, but in our experience, those cities are the minority – not the majority.  

]]> By: Travis https://www.steelintheair.com/blog/opinion-stories-of-small-cell-application-agreements-failure-between-carriers-and-cities-are-too-often-part-of-the-wireless-lobby-efforts-in-the-media-to-maintain-profit-margins/#comment-637 Sat, 05 May 2018 16:32:52 +0000 https://www.steelintheair.com/Blog/?p=1899#comment-637 Ken,
Most of cities that are having issues are cities that do not have above ground facilities and thus require a “tower” or public/private structure utilized to deploy the 5G antenna. You happily point out the issues with the media article but fail to use the same judgement when you jump to the conclusion that all cities have Joint Pole Facilities readily available. You cited Newport Beach old pricing from DAS systems yet that same city recently removed a majority of the telephone poles to create an underground district. Thus the need to install new “towers” or utilize public/private structures. Please tell the whole truth in your reporting.

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