Jonathan Kramer on Wireless Tower Siting

Okay, there, I’ve created a post about the iPhone 3G.  I guess I had to.
Alright, it’s great technology.
Yeah, it’s a hip device.
Sure, the new one is cheaper than the original, but isn’t that always the case?
Uh, huh, there are many new features (including what appears to be a very smart GPS integration).
Okay, so many I [...]

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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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Welcome to California.  Now put down the cell phone when you’re driving.  That law is now in effect here in the Golden State.  No warning period; just get a ticket.
Now that this law is in effect, if you are in a fatal accident (with other than you being the fatality), you can be charged with [...]

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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.
jlk

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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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Edge Wireless has been absorbed by AT&T Wireless when it purchased the outstanding 64% of the stock of the firm.
Edge was formed in 1999 by Wayne Perry (a member of the Board of Directors  and a former Vice Chairman of of AT&T Wireless), Cal Cannon and Donnie Castleman (alums execs of McCaw Cellular).
Edge had a [...]

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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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Soon you’ll be able to speed down the highway who watching AT&T’s TV two-channel service on your mobile phone.  Call it “Driving While Watching” (DWW).
“Gee, Judge, I really wanted to see the whole episode of Lost, so that’s why I accidentally hit that old lady crossing the street. Sure the light was red, [...]

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