Will Detroit be left behind in 5G ?

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Detroit is about to loose

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The revenue wireless carriers could reap from data plans for smartphones, tablet computers and Wi-Fi-enabled vehicles dwarfs the proposed lease rate: Verizon and AT&T sell 1GB data plans for as little as $15 per month or $180 a year. Sprint advertises a 2GB data plan for $40 a month or $480 annually.
The legislation, Senate Bill 637, also calls for infrastructure companies to pay a maximum $125 annual lease payment to municipalities for new utility poles they could mount along roadways, with limited power by local road agencies to object.

In Oakland County, which is in the midst of getting 250 small-cell antennas to support Sprint's wireless network, each antenna requires an inspection by a county-hired electrician as well as new paperwork to keep track of a wave of new permits for each installation..
Each antenna also requires connecting the antenna to existing underground fiber optic cable, potentially leading to the disruption of easement landscaping, sidewalks, driveways and other infrastructure.

Wayne County had been negotiating a lease rate of $1,500 per traffic pole before the legislation started gaining traction in the Legislature.
"We're desperate for revenue, and we really think this could have been a revenue source for us," "We ought to have control over our own rights of way, over our own assets."
State Sen. Mike Nofs, sponsor of the bill, acknowledged that Oakland County's contract would be voided by the fee structure in the legislation.

Let the war begin
The legislation also has exposed a division between counties and cities, which own and maintain different roads.