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  1. Re:I know I'm a slashdot oddity... by Ucklak · · Score: 1 · on Consumer Reports: Cingular, Sprint Bad Performers

    Ditto.

    I live in semi-rural and Cingular has a presence where I live right down to their ~$100,000 naturally disguised cell tower.

    I pay $25 every 3 months for my prepaid service.

  2. Utility Camo ... by Kozz · · Score: 4, Informative · on NYT on Cell Phone Tower Controversy

    A company named Larson has done exactly as you suggest for lots of different towers.

  3. Re:Doing something about service.. by Motherfucking+Shit · · Score: 1 · on Ride Along With a Real Verizon Wireless Tester

    I live in Memphis, fairly close to the "Six Carrier Pine" pictured on that site. Those photos are completely deceptive, except perhaps for this one.

    There's nothing natural about that structure whatsoever. For starters, we don't have trees that tall around here, you can see how it dwarfs the real trees in the area. It's too uniform and deliberate to be a real tree; hell, my artificial Christmas tree looks more realistic. 6 cell carriers were footing the bill for this structure and they couldn't build something a tad more lifelike?

    If anything, the camo tower draws more attention to itself. I've learned to "tune out" the regular cell towers, sort of like I can look around and not notice power lines or other common infrastructure. But there's no tuning this ugly thing out. I wish they'd have just put up a normal cell tower.

    Some of their other stuff looks nice though. Considering the amount of churches around here, they should have gone with the tower-in-a-steeple idea.

  4. Re:Doing something about service.. by sootman · · Score: 1 · on Ride Along With a Real Verizon Wireless Tester

    San Dimas? Excellent! Good thing this tower wasn't up in 1989--the guys would've never gotten their phone booth.

  5. Re:spinners by inKubus · · Score: 1 · on Ride Along With a Real Verizon Wireless Tester

    Or even better, PALM FRONDS. Seriously, these things have really started popping up everywhere. Look around on your drive home...

  6. Doing something about service.. by inKubus · · Score: 5, Interesting · on Ride Along With a Real Verizon Wireless Tester

    They've put up a shitload more antennas. It's interesting that people haven't noticed, because they've been camoflauged.

  7. Other options by Openadvocate · · Score: 3, Informative · on Vanishing Mobile Phone Masts

    There are many options and it is great NOT to see these ugly antennas everywhere.
    Here is some examples, fake tress, a fake window, or a cross on a church tower.

  8. Camoflaging Cell Towers by Alien54 · · Score: 1, Offtopic · on Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones?
    Interesting webpages for seeing the variety of techniques used to camoflage Cell towers: Some have decent pictures

    But some companies have been upset by camogflage requirements.

  9. Camoflaging Cell Towers by Alien54 · · Score: 1, Offtopic · on Peer-to-Peer Cell Phones?
    Interesting webpages for seeing the variety of techniques used to camoflage Cell towers: Some have decent pictures

    But some companies have been upset by camogflage requirements.