Having a tower on your property questions

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After asking T-mobile about expanding coverage, they sent what was probably a typical "apply to have a tower on your property" email. Does anyone know if they pay you for this or do you just get the advantage of an uber-strong signal at home? I couldn't really find an answer to that anyplace. They do put in one paragraph that makes it sound like such a privledge that it made me shake my head a little when I read it
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Out here in South Africa if a cell tower is erected on your property, the network actually pays you a monthly rental for the space they use.The downside of it is that people complain about radiation which hasn't been proven scientifically whether cell base stations do cause health problems.
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Radiation. Great Cell Service. Radiation. Great Cell Service.

I just can't decide!!! Sounds pretty interesting xxchixorxx. I've never heard anything like that before.

Who did you talk to to even get an email with that information in it? Just curious.
 
I just asked T-mo customer service about what their plans were for expansion here in NH (in case I want to switch my voice plan to them too) and they sent me an email with a link to:
www.t-mobilelandlords.com

Radiation, hmmm...so we grow an extra hand to hold another Blackberry...no big!
 
i work for mayflower and we work with lucent technoloys who maintains all the towers for sprint and verizon and i go to the towers all the time to deliver the equipment that broadcasts the signals. and to let u know they do it all build the tower clear the land drop the stone for the road and maintain it there after u do recive "rent" from all the providers that use the tower ie tmo my give u 500 a month ver 750 (they run a gererator there in there cells) sprint 500 and maybe more there can be 7 providers on one toweri see hillbilly farmers drivin escalades and owning big toys just off the tower money so wat u get a third eye lol the tech and my self are there all the time were fine
 
correction the lucent in my area does ver and sprint they may do other companys in other areas but lucent use to be the original att (monopoly broke it as its own company)
 
well I wouldnt worry about the radiation, but also, being to close to your connected tower, also might be an issue, because I know when I got into downtown New Balitmore, MI near my house the cell signal decreases as you get next to it, but if you back away 500 ft or so, its fine.
 
This is correct. As in other wireless communications including Wifi and Bluetooth, Having too strong of a signal is bad. If you've got a few acres to plop a tower on then I would recommend this. If you are thinking of doing it on a 1/4 acre in a suburb... Enjoy your third hand!

Seriously about the radiation though, your body is continually absorbing RF energy from hundreds and posibly thousands of sources. From a physics perspective, just like other sources of energy (i.e. solar energy, nuclear energy, etc.) the only question is at what level of concentration and intensity does it start having 'noticable' effects.
 
here is info from a site called Steel in the air



How to get a cell tower or cell site on your property. (or how to increase your chances slightly)

We get contacted on a daily basis from individuals like yourself who have heard from their neighbor, friend, or associate that they are getting $800 a month to lease their land to a wireless company or a tower company. Their immediate question is "How can I lease my property and receive 'mailbox money' every month?"

Our unpopular, but accurate response is that the average landowner HAS LESS THAN A 5% CHANCE OF BEING SUCCESSFUL. Wireless carriers spend significant money and resources designing their systems around very specific radio frequency engineering standards and often target specific geographic locations. That being said, there are certain factors that may make your land more likely to be leased.

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