Comment by octoberfranklin

> You can get a small rack-mount sheet metal pedestal with an AC power meter and an HVAC unit for under $2k.

Things have changed a lot and the dominant carriers are no longer willing to interconnect with small guys.

The anti-small bias now extends to the Department of Transportation in most states (which "owns" the right of way). In Washington, WSDOT has an entire set of rules for "financially small" (their term) telecoms, basically designed to prevent them from existing. They claim this is to prevent "financially small" providers from defaulting on damage they cause to the roadway ("not able to abate or correct their environmental damage").

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=wsdot%20%22financially...