Get a good lawyer. There is no such thing as a franchise agreement for wireless. It's only if you use public lands and the ROW, but the city can make up their own rules to an extent.
Thank you, Brett A Mansfield > On Nov 10, 2015, at 11:08 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I found a law on the books that says any company selling telecommunication > services within the city must have a franchise license with the city. None > of my competitors have ever done this. I thought it must just be on the > books from a time when all telecom was ran in the ROW, and therefore it would > make sense. > > Against my better judgement, I contacted the city about leasing space at a > few of their properties. Now, they want a franchise agreement for me to even > offer service within the city at all. I have not had a chance to view this > agreement yet. How does this make sense? Is a franchise agreement a profit > sharing type of scenario? Does anyone have a franchise agreement with their > city to provide wireless service? What does the agreement usually entail? > > Would it make sense to just cease operations within city limits and then get > all of the customers that want service to sign a petition? Is this worth > fighting them over? You don't see McDonalds or WalMart signing franchise > agreements with the city, why would any private entity have to have an > agreement with the city to do business? Is this standard practice?
