Court: Calif. cities cannot block cell antennas over aesthetics

01-18-2006, 07:35 AM

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"

01-18-2006, 10:29 AM

SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in
news:43ce5236$0$95985$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:

> 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....

01-18-2006, 11:04 AM

On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 06:35:45 -0800, SMS
<scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:

>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"

Yes, meanwhile and afterward those same individuals are
among the first ones to ***** about "poor coverage", or
"poor reception" from within their respective residences.

For the scientifically ignorant and mentally challenged
homeowners associations and associated political idiots:

Restrictive legislation, regulation and zoning laws against
effective antennas DO NOT also change the Natural Laws of
Physics for RF energy and radio waves vs effective and
reliable communications.
This includes in addition to cell phones, also 2-way radio,
television, and WI-FI.

---Juan

01-18-2006, 11:49 AM

Larry wrote:
> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in
> news:43ce5236$0$95985$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:
>
>
>>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....
>

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.

01-18-2006, 12:17 PM

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.

"SMS" <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> 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"

01-18-2006, 12:23 PM

What cellular company is hosted on the farm cell tower?

"Larry" <noone@home.com> wrote in message
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> SMS <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote in
> news:43ce5236$0$95985$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net:
>
>> 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....
>

01-18-2006, 12:28 PM

>
> 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....
>

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

01-18-2006, 12:28 PM

George wrote:

> 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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01-18-2006, 11:20 PM

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
> 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.
>
>

No, this deal goes back into the AMPS bagphone days. He's been renting
space to them for a long time...(c;

01-18-2006, 11:21 PM

"Mij Adyaw" <mij@spam.com> wrote in news:kzwzf.14128$V.13039@fed1read04:

> 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.

01-19-2006, 06:30 AM

It's interesting that California does not allow this, it happens often in
Michigan.

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