T-Mobile Northeast LLC v. Fairfax County Board of Supervisors

The majority cogently explains the two circumstances in which a local government’s denial of a wireless facility application “ha[s] the effect of prohibiting the provision of personal wireless services” in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 332(c)(7)(B)(i)(II): (1) where it has imposed a “ ‘blanket ban’ on wireless service,” such as a “general policy that essentially guarantees rejection of all wireless facility applications”; or (2) where there is an “effective absence of coverage” and “a lack of reasonable alternative sites to provide coverage.” Maj. Op. at 266. I agree that this statement is…