The trick is finding out who actually owns the tower. Most cell phone companies have sold all their tower sites to just a few tower companies. So first find out who owns it. Try Fryes Site Guide. they have a online site guide and tower locator service. Get the Lat/Long of the tower you want to find out about and check with Fryes
Mike B > I posted a question about this to the isp-wireless list last night, but > it never showed up, maybe someone here can answer. The text of the > original post: > > I was surprised today to be approached by a local businessman who wants > me to look into putting up a cell phone tower in our community. When I > said I don't even know how to go about getting the telephone company to > let us on the network, he said they pretty much have to. > > He definitely has the clout to get things accomplished and we do need > the tower, but I don't know if this is even a feasable thing to do. The > phone companies in this area pretty much ignore us, there's almost no > signal at all anywhere in town. How do I go about finding out more, or > is this the proverbial ant with a <snip> crawling up the elephant's hind > leg? > > By the way, one tower site I've been drooling over for my WISP - I think > would be a good place to put a cell phone tower, and I just got the > folks who own it to agree in principal to let me put a tower up there. > > The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List > To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe > smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in > the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: > http://archives.part-15.org Mike Brownson Electro-comm Distributing 5015 Paris St, Denver, CO 80239 (303) 371-8182 (800) 525-0173 The PART-15.ORG smartBridges Discussion List To Join: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type subscribe smartBridges <yournickname> To Remove: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (in the body type unsubscribe smartBridges) Archives: http://archives.part-15.org
