Cell phone tower at work.

[r porter]

It's definitely sound advice to hire an attorney well-acquainted with the industry. With the proliferation of hand-held devices, I don't see cell towers going away anytime soon.

anything with a utility company requires an attorney. the things i have seen would drive you crazy. this is not limited to phone either.

this fellow i knew had a very large business and a cell tower on his farm. when the lease came due he laughed and says 'the price is going up'

they handed him the papers and built a new tower about 500 ft away. i dont think he ever found a renter. but this is just one where the guy was not hurt, and he could afford the slight bump in the road.

 

[RockyMtn.Hillbilly]

Could always build your kids their dream tree house on one of them.

 

[bigtiller]

Could always build your kids their dream tree house on one of them.

Around here they are surrounded by 6' high chain link fence and 3 strands of barbed wire on top.

 

[dragoneggs]

Around here they are surrounded by 6' high chain link fence and 3 strands of barbed wire on top.

That never stopped us as kids :licking: just provided the challenge.

 

[3930dave]

Not sure with USA regs, but in Canada putting up a commercial tower is a big deal.

The big players are well connected, so often get what they want eventually, but what I'm talking about is CRTC regs re. community impact.

The regs (public surveys and meetings....) mostly apply to new stand-alone towers, not existing buildings.

FFWD a few years, and you now see a forest of commercial antennas on top of buildings in most urban areas.

Apparently the CRTC seems to want to manage the optics of new towers going up, but effectively gives urban building owners a free-pass concerning transmitter/antenna installations.

Personally, I would not want to live or work anywhere near the top floors of these urban RF forests.

If US regs are similar, then certain urban sites are going to be in extremely high demand, and will get a lot of attention long in advance of a contract opening up.

Rgds, D.