Cell tower potential.QA I own a number of properties in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . A friend suggested that I consider renting out space on the top of my buildings to Verizon to place cell phone towers. Could you point me in the direction of who I might contact at Verizon to follow up on this? --J. Speed New York City Leasing your rooftop site to a wireless carrier makes sense only if the building is an acceptable cell tower location. Wireless carriers spend significant money and resources designing their systems around very specific radio frequency engineering Radio frequency engineering is the analysis and design of circuits at frequencies where transmission lines are comparable to the wavelength. It includes the study of amplifiers, oscillators, mixers, demodulators (including PLLs) and antennas. standards. Not all property locations are eligible. Many communities have ordinances that allow communication towers only in particular industrial or commercial zones and do not allow them in other zones, such as residential areas. For example, local zoning jurisdictions do not permit new cell towers to be too close to existing towers. If there is an existing cellular tower within one mile of your location, chances are not good that another will be built. In some cases, buildings are required to be a minimum of three to four stories tall. To find out if your property is eligible, submit an online application to Verizon at www.verizonwire less.com/b2c/realestate/index.jsp. For T-Mobile, visit www.t-mobile landlords.com/homeLandlords.aspx. Or you can submit a site to Sprint/Nextel via e-mail at wirelesssitesfsdb@sprint.com. Mail your technology qustions to Cyberwise, BLACK ENTERPRISE 130 Fifth Ave AVE Avenue AVE Average AVE Alta Velocidad Espanola (train between Madrid and Seville) AVE Alta Velocidad Española (Spanish: High Speed Train) AVE Audio Video Entertainment AVE Advertising Value Equivalent ., New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10011 or send and e-mail to johnsonj@blackenterprise.com |
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