In episode #8 in our Cell Tower Podcast Series, Kevin Donohue ofTSS-Wireless.com discusses how the wireless industry and cell phoneservice carriers in general have failed in their land use efforts.Phone companies had experience in building telecom networks but not indoing grass-roots PR work. It's not a secret that cell phone companieshave done a terrible job in doing business with towns on thelocal level. Instead they have been lobbying at the state and nationallevels without reaching out properly to communities, resulting inexcessive cell tower opposition.One of the major land use and zoning issues still faced by cellularphone companies is picking the right site. A lot of trouble andopposition could be avoided by using common sense and communicatingwith town officials prior to submitting wireless application.Unfortunately in many cases cell tower sites are still forced ontomunicipalities, cellular companies are still failing to properlycommunicate with local governments and getting the proper input duringsite selection when that doesn't need to be the case in mostinstances.Does your municipality or village need to speak with a cell tower consulting company with almost two decades of wireless industry experience? You can reach TSS and Kevin Donohue in New York at 845-359-5300.(Music provided by FreePlayMusic.com .)

[ Thu, 28 Dec 2006 16:28:41 GMT ]

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