T-Mobile has lost one million contract customers since June 2010.
Read more in the Wall Street Journal.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Antenna Search
How many cell towers are there in a 4-mile radius of your house? Find out at www.antennasearch.com.
Within a 4-mile radius of this proposed tower site, there are already 228 towers, 795 antennas, and 2 new tower applications in process.
Within a 4-mile radius of this proposed tower site, there are already 228 towers, 795 antennas, and 2 new tower applications in process.
Regulations
Do you know what regulations corporations have to follow in order to install cell towers in Portland? Here is Chapter 33.274 of the Portland Development Code. It spells out the regulations.
In that chapter, it says that T-Mobile is required to go through Conditional Use Review for both the equipment cabinet and the pole. Here is some information about Conditional Use Reviews.
In that chapter, it says that T-Mobile is required to go through Conditional Use Review for both the equipment cabinet and the pole. Here is some information about Conditional Use Reviews.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Fire Fighters Against Cell Towers
Do you trust Fire Fighters? Ask yourself, if Fire Fighters have banned cell towers from locating on fire stations, how safe is it for cell towers to be located in residential neighborhoods?
Here is an excerpt from their website:
Here is an excerpt from their website:
Position on the Health Effects from Radio Frequency/Microwave (RF/MW) Radiation in Fire Department Facilities from Base Stations for Antennas and Towers for the Conduction of Cell Phone Transmissions
The International Association of Fire Fighters’ position on locating cell towers commercial wireless infrastructure on fire department facilities, as adopted by its membership in August 2004, is that the IAFF oppose the use of fire stations as base stations for towers and/or antennas for the conduction of cell phone transmissions until a study with the highest scientific merit and integrity on health effects of exposure to low-intensity RF/MW radiation is conducted and it is proven that such sitings are not hazardous to the health of our members.
Who's in Charge of all this?
City Commissioner Dan Saltzman
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 230
Portland, OR 97204
503-823-4151
dan@portlandoregon.gov
Commissioner Saltzman is in charge of making sure cell phone companies follow the rules - the Portland Development Code - when placing their Radio Frequency Transmission Towers. Will Commissioner Saltzman do his job and make sure T-Mobile follows the Code?
Dozens of neighbors surrounding this unwelcome proposed development have called, written hand-written letters, and emailed Dan Saltzman to ask him to make sure T-Mobile follows the rules and regulations. Several of us have also gone to City Hall to testify our opposition to T-Mobile building a cell tower in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Please join us! His contact information is posted above.
1221 SW 4th Avenue, Room 230
Portland, OR 97204
503-823-4151
dan@portlandoregon.gov
Commissioner Saltzman is in charge of making sure cell phone companies follow the rules - the Portland Development Code - when placing their Radio Frequency Transmission Towers. Will Commissioner Saltzman do his job and make sure T-Mobile follows the Code?
Dozens of neighbors surrounding this unwelcome proposed development have called, written hand-written letters, and emailed Dan Saltzman to ask him to make sure T-Mobile follows the rules and regulations. Several of us have also gone to City Hall to testify our opposition to T-Mobile building a cell tower in the middle of a residential neighborhood. Please join us! His contact information is posted above.
Neighborhood Meeting Coming Up
Wednesday, October 26th, 2011
7-8:30pm
5138 NE 23rd Avenue, Portland
The Little Church
Sunday, October 16, 2011
T-Mobile moves to Eastmoreland!
Concerned neighbors of Alameda just learned that T-Mobile is simultaneously trying to place another cell tower in a residential neighborhood of Eastmoreland. Where is the City on this issue??? Why did the City develop a system that designates neighborhoods as lowest priority??
Why doesn't the city have an urban plan for this?
Why doesn't the city have an urban plan for this?
Friday, October 14, 2011
August 2011
In August of 2011, construction started on the corner of NE 31st and Prescott in Portland, Oregon. Neighbors started talking, and asking... "what's going on here?" Some neighbors went on-line, to www.portlandonline.com, typed in the address (4423 NE 31st Avenue), and found that the intended development was a cell tower, and that the builders were working with a 3-year-old EXPIRED permit!
After talking with the owner of 4423 NE 31st, Bruce Badrick, the neighbors discovered that he had signed a contract with T-Mobile to install a cell tower facility in his back yard.
After talking with the owner of 4423 NE 31st, Bruce Badrick, the neighbors discovered that he had signed a contract with T-Mobile to install a cell tower facility in his back yard.
Immediately, several neighbors contacted the City and got a STOP WORK order issued.
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