 spamdPremium
join:2001-04-22
Cherry Valley, IL | reply to Mactron
Re: I must be missing something... Some people don't have a choice. |
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| Agreed.
And thanks to growing numbers of NIMBYs who are afraid of cell towers that's not going to improve anytime soon. |
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 PolarBear03The bear formerly known as aaron8301Premium
join:2005-01-03 | I'd dig the holes for the footings myself if my wireless company would plant a tower in my back yard. |
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1 edit | said by PolarBear03:I'd dig the holes for the footings myself if my wireless company would plant a tower in my back yard. I would too. In fact I have a 70 foot ham radio tower in my back yard. I love having a tower. I also have TV antennas on it which gives me interesting possibilities for TV DX.
However, the day it went up my neighbor was fuming mad. This NIMBY called the township to complain about the "eyesore" in "her" view, even though the tower is on MY property. Good thing I got a permit for it.
My town also fought T-Mobile for 2 years because they wanted to put up a 120ft tower. One lousy 120ft tower, the town wasted lots of taxpayer money fighting a lawsuit in court which they eventually lost. This is because the stupid zoning board has people on it who simply don't want anything that could remotely be construed as an "eyesore" anywhere within town limits.
NIMBYs are making the wireless business a very expensive one. Not only do the carriers have to fight NIMBYs in court, they also have to spend more money concealing towers, as well as putting them in less than ideal places on existing structures such as water towers. |
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | These guys are still my favorites...
»www.sabretowersandpoles.com/TreePoles.aspx
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| LOL!
There are a few of those in my area. Those things are f-u-g-l-y and you can obviously tell they're towers. |
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 tschmidtPremium,MVM
join:2000-11-12
Milford, NH
kudos:5
 ·Fairpoint Commun..
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Tree Pole Cell tower |
said by RadioDoc:These guys are still my favorites. I've seen pictures of those but don't think I've ever seen a "real" one. But then if they work as advertised I wouldn't ever notice.
I want one of the Palms out here in NH so when it is 10 below with a couple of feet of snow it helps me remember what summer is like.
/tom |
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 DragasoniWe're All Mad HerePremium
join:2001-12-14
Palm Bay, FL
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| LOL, the one above is off Dale Mabry just north of Henderson in Tampa. It's funny, because you can obviously tell it's a cell tower, so why bother?
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