FCC angers cities and towns with giveaway to wireless carriers

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Link here: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...with-2-billion-giveaway-to-wireless-carriers/

Basically, the Pugs via their Verizon puppet at the FCC are giving away another corporate boondoggle. They want to set (low) federal limits for what municipalities can charge for the space in public right of ways to locate and maintain 5G cell systems. Their claim is that by saving (giving) them about 1% of the deployment costs that they'll magically turn around and invest this technology in under and non-served rural areas. Bull. More trickle down nonsense theory that says if you magically inject into the supply they'll invest despite lack of concentrated demand.

"That is why many local governments have worked to negotiate fair agreements with wireless providers, which may exceed that number or provide additional benefits to the community," the RCRC wrote. "The FCC's decision to prohibit municipalities' ability to require 'in-kind' conditions on installation agreements is in direct conflict with the FCC's stated intent of this Order and further constrains local governments in deploying wireless services to historically underserved areas."

"[T]e FCC's draft order is based on a fallacy that no credible investor would adopt and no credible economist endorse: that reducing or eliminating costs for small cell mounting on public property in lucrative areas of the country (thus reducing carriers' operating costs), will lead to increased capital expenditures in less-lucrative areas—thus supposedly making investment more attractive in rural areas," Levin wrote.

"[W]hile the FCC may ignore reality, the carriers and Wall Street understand that increasing profitability in Market A will not make Market B more attractive for investment," Levin wrote. "Market B will still be an area that is unprofitable or otherwise unattractive for investment, and the new requirement that Market A subsidize carriers by reducing fees will not benefit Market B under these circumstances."
 
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To be fair, many cities have not been willing to negotiate agreements with the carriers, they poked the bear.

The other way to look at this is that the carriers aren't really using much, if any, new space in the right of ways. Many of these cells will be installed mid-span, the rest will be installed on existing poles.

Finally, do you really think that taxes imposed by cities on carriers would be paid by corporate profits? How naive are you, they'd be passed on to consumers.

Really finally, isn't taxation theft?
 
Finally, do you really think that taxes imposed by cities on carriers would be paid by corporate profits? How naive are you, they'd be passed on to consumers.

Really finally, isn't taxation theft?

So the money grubbing People's Revolutionary Committee to Exact All the Money They Can from Every Entity in the Productive Sector should be given free reign? Where does this end?

My bet would be on it looking something like Venezuela.
 
So the money grubbing People's Revolutionary Committee to Exact All the Money They Can from Every Entity in the Productive Sector should be given free reign? Where does this end?

My bet would be on it looking something like Venezuela.

I'm not sure from your post if the PRCEAMTCEEPS is ATT/VZ, the FCC, or the cities. They all suck on our wallets.
 
I think y'all are being manipulated.

As I understand 5g, because of their bandwidth, while they have super speed, they also have super short range. Meaning they are going to put an order of magnitude(or more) more towers up for the upgrade.

They will upgrade cities, where the money is, but 5g will likely not extend to smaller towns or rural areas, considering the sheer number they would need for the more spread out areas.

This seems like the only way a small to mid-size town would get it. I could be wrong, but this seems like a good idea, to sweeten the pot for the companies to go to at least mid-size towns.

And it seems y'all are being tricked.

https://www.lightreading.com/mobile...ess-the-range-question-shall-we/a/d-id/731293
 
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