Carr Gives Thumbs-Up to Sioux Falls Small-Cells Law
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr applauded Sioux Falls, South Dakota, after Mayor Paul TenHaken (R) and the city council voted unanimously Tuesday for an ordinance authorizing 5G wireless infrastructure deployment. “The city’s forward-thinking leadership gets it,” Carr said Wednesday in a…
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statement. “By charging cost-based fees, Sioux Falls promotes broadband deployment consistent with the FCC’s September infrastructure decision.” The local law (see page 19) authorizes the mayor to sign an agreement with Verizon Wireless to install and maintain small-cells facilities in the right of way. The carrier would pay $175 annually per pole and a $500 application fee to install small cells on any city streetlight pole or to replace a pole for that purpose.