said by tshirt:And why should google get to place their huts on public property?
Shouldn't Google have to buy land just as any other telecommunications/cableco does?
Utilities only buy land for big facilities like a cable head end, a telco central office or a power substation.
Wires, coax and fiber are placed within the public right-of-way, for which the utilities pay the city a recurring fee per foot.
And I'm pretty sure AT&T places its U-Verse boxes in the public ROW.