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Finn....
My access remark is personal in that I always have concerns granting it. If you have anything that the outdoor board desires on your place you will have to deal with the people abusing it that have access. Cell towers would be on the low end of the scale since they aren't there very often but do have 24/7 rights..
The other point was the sub leasing. If the agreement doesn't allow subleasing then acerage is not a factor. I was just saying if the company only needs 300 sqft for a tower...lease that....don't lease 1,000 sqft and see it subleased to another company down the road.
I see.
We generally prefer to be immediately adjacent to a ROW or some other previously defined access road. But part of any deal is an easement for access/utilities to the tower site. If we can't get that there's no point in leasing space on that property.
As to the subleasing, generally every single carrier on a tower is a sublease. We (and other operators) go to the landowners and execute a ground lease with the landowner, build the tower and then sublease space on the tower to the various carriers. That's how we generate revenue. It's not at all uncommon to see one tower with AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, and Sprint on the same tower.
If you're thinking of one tower company leasing 1000sf for their tower and then turning around to then sublease space to another carrier for another tower that doesn't happen and really can't due to zoning, permitting, and signal interference not to mention the structural limitations. Plus, we're not going to do something to directly benefit our competitor and jeopardize our relationship with our customers (eg- the carriers).