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The city wasn't built with cell phone coverage in mind. I can understand that they need to put antennas in weird locations to offer coverage. I don't get what
by nkassis 16y ago
The city wasn't built with cell phone coverage in mind. I can understand that they need to put antennas in weird locations to offer coverage.
I don't get what is so appalling about this. They are doing their best to avoid making it a blemish on the roof of that building.
- kylec 16y agoSure, but I don't see why this translates into AT&T having the right to put up towers. If there's poor AT&T service in Harvard Square and customers complain, AT&T can simply direct them to petition the zoning board to allow them to put up towers. That way the issue can be resolved using local politics instead of lawsuits.
- bconway 16y agoSure, but I don't see why this translates into AT&T having the right to put up towers. I don't either, but apparently the federal government disagrees. The article doesn't cite this "law," however. If there's poor AT&T service in Harvard Square and customers complain, AT&T can simply direct them to petition the zoning board to allow them to put up towers. That way the issue can be resolved using local politics instead of lawsuits. More than likely, customers would just jump ship to Verizon instead, which is the last thing AT&T wants.
- djacobs 16y agoGiven the vast number of iPhones I see in Harvard Square every day (probably about 40% of all visible phones), I don't know if Verizon is necessarily the logical end here.
- learner4life 16y agoIt might be if Verizon gets the iPhone by the end of this year or early next year.
- bconway 16y agoMy point is, people don't take kindly to companies trying to pass the buck.