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Court: Calif. cities cannot block cell antennas over aesthetics

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SMS - 18 Jan 2006 14:35 GMT
Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to block
cell towers in their neighborhoods.

"http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13648225.htm"
Larry - 18 Jan 2006 17:29 GMT
> Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to
> block cell towers in their neighborhoods.
>
> "http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13648225
> .htm"

Wow...now you can turn that unused back yard space into free cellular
phones for the whole family and your own cell site paying those big land
use fees to you!

I have a friend who has a cell tower on his farm that did just that.  His
farm borders the interstate and they pay him a very nice yearly fee and
provide his whole family with cellphones and service with no time limits as
part of the sweet deal....
George - 18 Jan 2006 18:49 GMT
>>Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to
>>block cell towers in their neighborhoods.
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> provide his whole family with cellphones and service with no time limits as
> part of the sweet deal....

Probably tmobile, my buddy owns a building for his business and when
tmobile came into the area they made a deal with him which included free
phones. The only problem is that they have such a poor network it is
really difficult to get any value from the deal. Because of that he
uses VZW and the tmobile phones go largely unused. From other people I
know the better carriers don't offer such deals and don't pay the huge
rents that have become urban legends.
Steve Sobol - 18 Jan 2006 19:28 GMT
> Probably tmobile, my buddy owns a building for his business and when
> tmobile came into the area they made a deal with him which included free
> phones. The only problem is that they have such a poor network it is
> really difficult to get any value from the deal.

Perhaps in your area - I don't have that problem with T-Mo where I live.

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Larry - 19 Jan 2006 06:20 GMT
George <george@nospam.invalid> wrote in news:G4qdndMKef-rEFPeRVn-
pw@adelphia.com:

> Probably tmobile, my buddy owns a building for his business and when
> tmobile came into the area they made a deal with him which included free
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> know the better carriers don't offer such deals and don't pay the huge
> rents that have become urban legends.

No, this deal goes back into the AMPS bagphone days.  He's been renting
space to them for a long time...(c;
Mij Adyaw - 18 Jan 2006 19:23 GMT
What cellular company is hosted on the farm cell tower?

>> Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to
>> block cell towers in their neighborhoods.
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> as
> part of the sweet deal....
Larry - 19 Jan 2006 06:21 GMT
> What cellular company is hosted on the farm cell tower?

I'm not really sure, now.  There are 3 candelabras of antennas up there,
now.  It used to be Cellular One back in the AMPS days.
Mike T. - 18 Jan 2006 19:28 GMT
> Wow...now you can turn that unused back yard space into free cellular
> phones for the whole family and your own cell site paying those big land
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> as
> part of the sweet deal....

I'd love to.  Where do I sign up?  Our house is close enough to an
interstate that it actually would fill a dead spot or two, if they put a
tower in our back yard.  There's plenty of room back there, too.  We'd STILL
have a huge back yard.  :)  -Dave
Mij Adyaw - 18 Jan 2006 19:17 GMT
Isn't it interesting that it is usually the NIMBYs that call customer
support and complain about poor cell phone coverage. This is a major victory
for all call phone providers.

> Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to block
> cell towers in their neighborhoods.
>
> "http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13648225.htm"
Zman - 19 Jan 2006 13:30 GMT
It's interesting that California does not allow this, it happens often in
Michigan.

> Some good news for the carriers, bad news for neighbors trying to block
> cell towers in their neighborhoods.

"http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/breaking_news/13648225.htm"
 
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