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. > > > > 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 > > > 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 > 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
