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Council approves 5-year lease with Brooks Farms to retain silo site for Waupaca broadband equipment
Summary
The council approved a five-year lease with Brooks Farms that will allow the city’s WAPAC online wireless Internet service to keep antennas on a silo tower; the city will pay the landowner 20% of revenue and continue to provide several free connections to the property owner.
The Waupaca Common Council voted Tuesday to enter a five-year lease with Brooks Farms allowing WAPAC online to keep communications equipment on a silo tower that otherwise the property owner plans to remove. Josh Finch, city administrator, described the arrangement and said the city will pay Brooks Farms 20% of revenue from that access point and continue to provide three free Internet connections the owner currently receives.
Why it matters: The leased silo supports about 20 customer connections (staff said the count rose from 19 to 20 in the week…
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