Cell tower forum planned for March 8

SARANAC LAKE — A panel discussion hosted by Sen. Betty Little and Assemblywomen Teresa Sayward and Janet Duprey will offer a chance for cell phone providers, local officials, the public and representatives of the Adirondack Park Agency to exchange ideas on ways to improve cell phone service in the Adirondack Park consistent with the APA tower siting policy….  (credit to Adirondack Daily Enterprise)

The article goes on to provide more information on the specifics of the forum. This of course is in response to the unfortunate death of a man after he and his wife were involved in a motor vehicle accident. The couple were trapped in their car, and were unable to make a call to 911 from their cell phone because of a lack of coverage on the New York State Thruway.

Since TSS Wireless has been following this story for several weeks since it happened, we contacted a local television station in upstate New York who had also reported this incident.

The station replied that there would never be any cell coverage in the area since they are are not allowed to develop it, and “I seriously doubt any town needs your services anyway.”

Three weeks later they are  a forum to try to figure out how to solve this problem. Obviously, when the NYSTA carved a path through the Adirondack Mountains, cell phones didn’t exist, yet with proper cell site development it would be fairly easy to provide cellular service, even on remote stretches of the thruway, with minimal visual impact.

TSS Wireless can be reached at 845-359-5300.

In the news today…  CBS, NBC, ABC and of course DRUDGE are all reporting a headline regarding a ban proposed on walking while talking or listening to your iPod. This ban would also apply  to MP3 players and Blackberrys.

Let’s face it. There is an all-out war against the wireless communication industry.  Cell towers, cell phones, and now Blackberry’s and iPods are getting the shaft. If you want to be an in irresponsible citizen and walk around with your iPod blasting listening to your favorite music, or to our educational Apple iTunes Podcast, “American Municipal Cell Tower Development”, and you forget to look both ways before crossing the street, we shouldn’t be punished for your stupidity.

Yet, there is always  some smart person in government, in this instance in Albany, who knows what’s best for us.  Every day, these smart politicians chip away little by little at your rights, and my rights and all of our liberties.

Soon, you won’t be able to listen to your iPod or cell phone, especially if you are eating french fries at McDonald’s, shopping at Wal-Mart,  listening to Rush Limbaugh, enjoying some second hand smoke (outside of course) or happen to be spanking your children.

Our only question is, if the iPod proposal becomes law in New York, will it apply to Enemy Combatants and Illegal Aliens or just to those of us who pay taxes and vote?

It’s time to set up an iPod and Blackberry special crimes unit to go after these lawbreakers who are endangering the people who live and work in Manhattan.   Homeland security? No. Let’s nail the guys who are listening to their iPods!! This is one of the dumbest proposals I have ever heard of.

What’s next? Where the hell do we live anyway? In Cuba, Iran or North Korea?

Thanks to the honorable Senator Carl Kruger (Democrat – Brooklyn), for this brilliant proposal. Way to go. 

Cancer?  Unknown Health risks? RF Radiation? ? ?

No…

The biggest cell tower danger you face is breaking down in your car or worse, having an emergency in freezing temperatures and not having a cell tower in the area that can provide you or a passing motorist with cell phone service to get help.

In the post September 11th world we live in, it’s hard to believe that many people are so opposed to having cellular service available to improve their quality of life.

You can read about the emergency services provided by the TSS Wireless emergency response team in Lower Manhattan in the days following September 11th at TSS-Wireless.com .

If you have questions about a cell tower being built in your neighborhood, contact us, and let us know how we can get in touch with decision makers in your town or village to see if we can help find common ground between what the cellular coverage demands and needs are, and what is beneficial for the community being served.

In the majority of instances, the cell phone carriers have not done a good enough job  educating the public or consulting with the town prior to proposing a new cell tower, and the municipalities don’t have a sufficient wireless ordinance on the books.

Talk to the wireless  planning, zoning and  cellular ordinance experts at TSS Wireless at 845-359-5300. We can also answer any of your cell tower leasing questions and concerns.

Many people who oppose cellular towers over concerns about:

1. Perceived  health risks of cell towers and RF radiation

2. Decreased real estate and property values close to cell sites

3. Environmental impact of site selected

4. Aesthetics and visual impact of cell phone tower

Sadly, 99% of all cell tower related issues that appear when communities block a proposed cell tower can be avoided through proper wireless ordinance planning. 

Since cell towers and wireless technology are a high specialized field that are increasingly being integrated into every community, both urban and rural, municipalities should consider having their cell tower ordinances reviewed or re-designed by an experienced wireless planning expert or zoning consultant.

TSS Wireless has nearly twenty years of  hands-on cell tower ordinance development, cell tower site selection and cellular tower leasing experience.

Talk to a cell tower expert at 845-359-5300.

Remember the iPod insanity? Well this iPhone will certainly be all the rage and more. A phone from the creators of Lightning McQueen that will let me listen to iTunes? Are you kidding?

It’s a scary thought… greasy-haired, pimple-faced gen-x-ers  watching their favorite YouTube clips, listen to iTunes, and talking on their new Cingular cell phones  while driving a car – (hands-free of course). And you thought the biggest danger of cell phones was cancer – NOT. It’s getting run over by somebody driving a car who just purchased on of these cool iPhones. 

I’m throwing out my current cell phone… it will make a good paperweight. I will probably be one of the guys standing in line at midnight to get one of these when it comes out.

Kudos to Steve Jobs and everyone at iTunes for making the wonderful world of podcasting available firms like ours.

But seriously… all of this hype will lead to more wireless phone subscribers and the need to build additional cell sites. What are you as a municipal official going do to meet capacity needs and stay elected if you need to build more towers? 

TSS-Wireless  helps small towns and big cities alike improve wireless telecommunications through intelligent cell tower ordinance design and integration.

TSS Wireless can address issues pertaining to FCC regulations on cellular phone towers as they relate to your municipality and represent your community from the creation or re-writing of its cellular ordinance, to initial site identification, cell tower lease negotiations with the carriers, through cellular tower construction and site management. TSS provides turnkey wireless solutions for North American municipalities.

TSS Wireless also produces an audio Podcast series, “American Municipal Cell Tower Development” available for free on Apple iTunes. An iPod is not required to listen and subscribe to this series, only a PC with speakers and a media player are needed. Kevin Donohue, CEO of TSS Wireless is interviewed by Site Acquisition Consultant, Stu Bogdanoff.

To date, the two have discussed the following topics:
1. Leasing Municipal Property For Wireless Use
Show on the benefit of leasing municipal property for cell tower construction.  

2. Cell Tower Industry: Failure To Communicate
Discussion on how the wireless industry and cell phone companies in general haven’t done a good PR job.

3. Wireless Telecom Act of 1996 and Cell Towers
Conversation regarding the impact on communities of the Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 as it relates to cellular communications and the public.
 
4. Stealth Cell Tower Alternatives
Stealth cellular sites, also referred to as camouflage cell sites are becoming more popular as the cost of site construction

5. Public Safety Benefits of Wireless Technology
A brief overview of the many public safety benefits of cell towers and wireless technology.

6. Wireless Industry Leasing Trends
We talk about recent Wireless Leasing Trends that are a bit disturbing.

7. Cell Towers, Health Risks and You
This Podcast episode refers to recent article carried by the Associated Press regarding a study in Denmark of a large number of cell phone users and cancer rates that did not increase with heavy cell phone use.

8. Improving Municipal Wireless Communication
Introduction to TSS Wireless’ cell tower ordinance design services for cities, villages and rural municipalities to improve wireless communications and cellular reception. 
 
9. All About Wireless Tower Development
Interview with Kevin F. Donohue, CEO of TSS-Wireless.com, a leading provider of wireless development and cell tower consulting services.

You can easily find the TSS Podcast by Google-ing “Municipal Cell Tower”. TSS Wireless is located in the New York City Metropolitan area and can be reached at 845-359-5300.

Donohue discussed the financial benefits of well planned municipal land use to improve cellular service as it relates to generating revenue for towns and for attracting and retaining businesses with a good wireless network.

Other benefits include the ability to properly deploy a site and limit the proliferation of towers in areas towns do not want disturbed, and finding creative ways to open up park lands with stealth cellular sites being implemented without affecting the view shed.

Do you have questions about cell towers in your town? You can reach wireless industry consultant Kevin Donohue with TSS Wireless in New York at 845-359-5300, or send your cell tower questions to KD @ TSS-Wireless.com .
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