Jonathan Kramer on Wireless Tower Siting

In what seems like a frontal assult on MetroPCS and Cricket, T-Mobile has quietly rolled-out a customer loyalty program: If you’ve been with T-Mobile for at least 22 months, you can signup for a $50/month nationwide voice service.
This type of pricing would be an interesting run on MetroPCS and Cricket, which offer all-you-can-eat fixed pricing, [...]

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The various femtocells being marketed by the major carriers require that they be place near a window.
Huh? They need a good view to not feel along all day?
Actually, it’s because the femtocells need to know where they are installed so that the carriers can (try to) meet the E-911 location requirements.
Femtocells have built-in GPS receivers [...]

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J.D. Power and Associates has released their 2008 report on consumer satisfaction with wireless retail sales.  It turns out that if you’re with Verizon or its newly purchased (consumed?) Alltel unit, then you’re

among the happiest customers.  It’s another story altogether if you have Sprint Nextel.
But look closely at the scale: On the 1,000 point scale, [...]

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As reported by staff writer Seth Rosenfeld in the San Francisco Chronicle (Aug 30, 2008, Page C-1), the California Public Utiltiies Commission is investigating whether T-Mobile has been constructing cell sites in Northern California without following local building laws.
The article quotes Susan Carothers, a CPUC spokesperson who said, “CPUC staff is looking into allegations concerning [...]

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T-Mobile’s plans to construct a new cell site at an old cemetery in Stoneham, MA have died.  Omnipoint Communications, T-Mobile’s parent proposed an 80-foot tower in St. Patrick Parish’s cemetery at Broadway and MacArthur Road.  See the Google Street View map below for a photo.
View a Google Street Map of the Site
According to a printed [...]

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T-Mob is razing noplan txting fe on 8-29. The nu chg is 20 cts pr msg if u go ovr the alotd nbr of msgs in ur bse plan.  O joy.
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And now, another entry into Kramer’s “Elements of Bad Wireless Site Design.” T-Mobile constructed a wireless site at a church in Milton, Mass.  The antennas are installed so that they are visible in the church’s tower.  The photo here, taken by my colleague, Claude shows the antenna as visibly installed, and then I’ve overlaid [...]

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As first discussed in THIS POST, T-Mobile wanted to fling open the doors to public property for temporary cell sites during/after certain emergencies.  The bill was as drafted and later modified was riddled with problems and inconsistencies, and would have damaged Homeland Security.
I’m pleased to report that last week, SB 1252 was gutted by its [...]

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T-Mobile, the wireless telephone carrier, has sourced a Bill carried by Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Los Angeles, 20th District) that would, during proclaimed emergencies or upon the declaration of an emergency by the President, allow wireless telecommunications carriers to enter onto public property and set up emergency re­placement cell sites for existing sites that are “significantly [...]

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T-Mobile (Omnipoint Communications, Inc.) has sued the City of San Bernardino, California alleging violations of 47 U.S.C.  332(c)(7)(B)(iii) and 47 U.S.C.  332(c)(7)(B)(i)(I) of the “Federal Telecommunications Act of 1966 (sic)”, as well as alleging a violation of the U.S. Constitution Supremacy Clause.
The suit, filed by T-Mobile on March 20, 2008, concerns a City denial [...]

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