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NYT on Cell Phone Tower Controversy
prostoalex writes "The New York Times discusses the controversy of placing cell phone towers on top of hills, a practice to which many people object. According to the article, people frequently complain about the visual impediment and are afraid that property values will decline or some health damage will be done with radio waves. At the same time, people get quite irritated when proper phone service is not provided by the operators, and the calls keep dropping or coverage is poor outside of densely populated areas. Phone companies also lease the land to place the cell phone tower for $30,000-$50,000, which is attractive to many landowners, but some, like Sammy Barsa from NYT article, find themselves persona non grata in the community."
In the UK, the companies have done deals with the local churchs to have the transmitters installed inside the church towers.
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There is a cell phone tower of the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey that looks like a tree. So don't worry about the towers look bad. They just look like wierd towers unless you don't care that they don't look that bad.