[bbanyc]

The revenue cut for use of public streets is known as the "franchise fee." For the legacy cable companies, this was fixed by federal law in the 1980s at 5% of total revenue from cable television. For legacy phone companies, it varies by locality, but it's based on landline phone revenue.

There's a federal law from the 1990s banning any such taxes or fees from being charged on internet service, so cities don't collect anything based on that.

[legitster]

This may vary based on municipality, but franchise fees are usually in addition to specific pole attachment fees.

Your franchise fee, for example, could buy permission to build your own poles. But it would not pay for you to put lines up on city-owned poles.