Re: [at-l] Cell Tower Salvation

[Owen <jrowen@ibm.net>]

bullard@northnet.org wrote:
> 
> When letting your legislators know about your opposition to cell towers on
> public lands you might point out that they may soon be obsolete anyway. I
> received the following on another list:
> >Cell towers may soon be obsolete and unnecessary.
> >Ericsson, the Swedish telecommunications multinational is currently working
> >on a satelite based wireless phone to be implemented in southeast asia.
> >
> And then found the following site about the project:
> http://www.ericsson.se/Eripress/Archive/1998Q2/Thuraya.html
> Reason is often more convincing than passion when playing the game of
> politics.


That's only one of ten different comm fleets that are supposed to be
operating by 2006 --- with a total of over 1000 satellites.  You're
right - cell towers WILL be obsolete - but not soon enough.  

Walk softly,
Jim

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