Ummmmm... I dunno... 

American Towers seems to be having a rough time of it. There are rumors that 
they're not alone.

TIM

Quoting beckman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> 
> for one tower, it really isn't. for a 1000 towers state wide, A company with
> lots of cash could make money at it.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Hartley
> Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:16 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Cell phone tower - redeux
> 
> 
> Thank you, that was the kind of answer I was hoping for. It's not the
> capital outlay that would be the problem, but becoming a CLEC, getting a
> license and justifying all of this as a good investment - there's the
> problem. I'm as poor as a church mouse, but the guy that wants to do
> this could write a check for the whole thing and not lose any sleep over it.
> 
> beckman wrote:
> 
> > I think what you want to do is create a full tower WITH cellular radio
> > system? Yes? First you need to become a CLEC, then you will need a
> cellular
> > frequency license. Then, you can get a roaming agreement with the cell
> > carriers and start getting $$. Expect to invest ~ 2-3 million in fees,
> > equipment, lawyers, insurance, and a boatload of time.
> >
> > Its allot easier to build a tower and invite the various cell companies to
> > deploy on it.
> >
> >
> > Donald Beckman
> > Fort Worth, Texas
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Roger Hartley
> > Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2003 1:47 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Cell phone tower - redeux
> >
> >
> > I should have been more clear. There is no tower now. My friend wants to
> > put up a new cell phone tower and WE will own it. Can this sort of thing
> > be done? Can we put up a cell phone tower and get it on the network of
> > other cell phone towers?
> >
> > Blazen Wireless wrote:
> >
> >
> >>You can go here to look up any tower in the US by city state and or zip
> >>code!
> >>
> >>http://www.berkana.com/tower.php3
> >>
> >>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Mike Brownson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >>Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 10:04 PM
> >>Subject: Re: [smartBridges] Cell phone tower - redeux
> >>
> >>
> >>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.
> 
> 
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