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Issues Surrounding Installation of a Cell Tower?

Posted by Cliff on from the more-trouble-than-its-worth? dept.

But They Look Terrible as Trees asks: "My company has been approached by a developer who wants lease a section of our property to install a cell phone tower. The tower would be somewhere between 50 and 110 meters tall and would be located about 250 meters from our main building. I am curious what types of interference and other issues anyone may have noticed having a cell phone tower in the vicinity of their facility, such as disruption of 802.11, VHF radio, aesthetic issues, complaints from neighbors, or truly bizarre plots. Has anyone built their own tower and then leased space to providers on the tower?"

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  1. Um by Neil+Blender · · Score: 1, Insightful

    You are seriously resorting to Slashdot for advice on the impacts of installing a cell phone tower?

  2. And health issues? by tetrode · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I simply cannot imagine that getting that much radiation every day would be unharmful for your body.

    Mark

  3. Is the juice worth the squeeze? by myenigmaself · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It'll look like crap and will deminish property values. If you've got neighbors, they'll hate you for it. You'd have to give me a boat load of cash to even consider it, but everyone's got their price. What's yours?

    1. Re:Is the juice worth the squeeze? by ottothecow · · Score: 2, Insightful

      But your phone would get excellent reception.

      --
      Bottles.