In my opinion, I think the government or some private firm should own all towers, and the providers only have one tower to put their cells. Looking out my window and seeing 3 cell towers within a few thousand feet from eachother is very unsightly.
No, not them owning them, but some law against having three towers in one area ust so all the providers can have coverage. Actually, out of the three, one was Cingular and one was AT&T, but now I get one bar with AT&T, figure that one out. Government was probably the wrong word, lol.
i think his main point is being missed. he would like to see mast consolidation. some areas do have requirements for that.
if you think there is overkill outside your window, then you should get in touch with your local government. see what is in place for that in your area or try to get something started.
i completely agree that its BS to have three or four masts that are just across the street from each other. (not sure the "fake tree" idea makes it any better though because those stand out just as much, if not more. lol.)
You know whats funny? The people who complain about too many towers in their neighborhood are almost always complaining about their horrible service and that they're always getting dropped calls.
Also from what I learned while working at Sprint a lot of towers typically house several antennas from various carriers
Another reason you may have so many towers is there could be higher population of cellphone users in your area. Each one can only hold a maximum number of calls at any given time
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In my opinion, I think the government or some private firm should own all towers, and the providers only have one tower to put their cells. Looking out my window and seeing 3 cell towers within a few thousand feet from eachother is very unsightly.
You think the GOVERNMENT should own the towers? Are you serious?
No, not them owning them, but some law against having three towers in one area ust so all the providers can have coverage. Actually, out of the three, one was Cingular and one was AT&T, but now I get one bar with AT&T, figure that one out. Government was probably the wrong word, lol.
sure, why not have the government own and maintain the towers....after all, wer only almost 10 trillion in debt
Often times carriers will lease out their towers to other carriers.
You can usually tell because you will see multiple decks of transceivers.
Towers are already owned by private firms.
i think his main point is being missed. he would like to see mast consolidation. some areas do have requirements for that.
if you think there is overkill outside your window, then you should get in touch with your local government. see what is in place for that in your area or try to get something started.
i completely agree that its BS to have three or four masts that are just across the street from each other. (not sure the "fake tree" idea makes it any better though because those stand out just as much, if not more. lol.)
You know whats funny? The people who complain about too many towers in their neighborhood are almost always complaining about their horrible service and that they're always getting dropped calls.
Also from what I learned while working at Sprint a lot of towers typically house several antennas from various carriers
Another reason you may have so many towers is there could be higher population of cellphone users in your area. Each one can only hold a maximum number of calls at any given time