[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > hahaha, pay me a few extra thousand a month and I will mount a cell phone > tower on my head and carry it around hehehe. ;) > -Cor
Try saying that in my vicinity, when I've just had one put up less that 200 Yards from my garden, in the farmland behind, with two small kids, and I will not be laughing. Owen Jonathan Nichols said: > >> Blame that on NIMBYs in your neighborhood who do not want an unsightly >> cellphone tower there. > > Don't forget the NIMBYs that think cell towers cause brain cancer or > something silly like that. Local school district wanted to enter into a > contract with one of the carriers (Sprint, I believe) to clamp cellular > equipment on light poles at schools. It would have brought much needed > funding into the schools (several thousand dollars per month) - but the > 'concerned parents' and NIMBY crowds lobbied against the deal, and won, > based on a lot of unfounded nonsense. > Kind of a bummer, really... especially since these same types of folks > would end up calling people like me at AT&T Wireless and complaining > about their poor coverage. Go figure.. ;) -- Via Net.Works UK Ltd Local Touch Global Reach Owen McShane Systems Administrator http://www.vianetworks.co.uk Tel +44 (0)1925 484444
