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Cowlitz County approves 10-year franchise for Lightspeed (LS) Networks to operate fiber and telecom infrastructure

5058101 · June 25, 2025
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Summary

The county approved a 10-year nonexclusive franchise agreement with LS Networks / Lightspeed (InstaStar) to continue fiber, conduit and pole-based telecommunications operations including limited underground and aerial attachments.

Anna Lunde, Cowlitz County Public Works right-of-way agent, presented a 10-year nonexclusive franchise agreement for LS Networks (doing business as Lightspeed Networks / InstaStar) to operate telecommunications infrastructure in county rights-of-way. Lunde described the agreement as covering fiber, poles, vaults, conduit and splice cases, with some aerial attachments to…

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