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telkomsuig
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your neighbours would probably complain that their babies/dogs/birds/brains/cats etc will be fried by the radio waves 
pope24
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A friend of mine almost throttled a neighbour when they came around with a petition against a new cell tower.
"I want goddamn good reception you moron" was the exact quote I think.
"I want goddamn good reception you moron" was the exact quote I think.
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
Which nicely summarises the situation networks often find themselves in, half the people want coverage, half don't want a tower.
And you only need one guy to kick against the tower and you're looking at years before you *might* get coverage.
Bismuth
Expert Member
Oh well, Vodacom is welcome to put a tower in my backyard ANY day. I already get a good signal, but I just want to annoy my neighbour!
B
Speak to v3g and see what he says
LancelotSA
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My suggestion... buy a 15 storey building in an area of low buildings and the cell companies will come knocking at your door with offers!
EDIT : ...and V3G, threads such as this, and your response give me even more ammo to use when negotiating rentals from them!
EDIT : ...and V3G, threads such as this, and your response give me even more ammo to use when negotiating rentals from them!
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
My suggestion... buy a 15 storey building in an area of low buildings and the cell companies will come knocking at your door with offers!
EDIT : ...and V3G, threads such as this, and your response give me even more ammo to use when negotiating rentals from them!
Not really 'ammo', just information and knowledge you can use how you see fit. And it's only fair if you know both sides of any story.
Of course, one would expect you'd also acknowledge both sides of the story.
My suggestion... buy a 15 storey building in an area of low buildings and the cell companies will come knocking at your door with offers!
EDIT : ...and V3G, threads such as this, and your response give me even more ammo to use when negotiating rentals from them!
who is|are the mysterious "them" in this context?
My understanding is that if you get municipal permission to rent out a portion of your own property to a cellular network without any objections from the surrounding community, and provided that your yard is close to sufficient power and backhaul and can offer some useful signal coverage [no topographical obstructions] etc, then the cellular network operators will be clambering to ring your doorbell.
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
Maybe the fact that you post in a public forum, as someone called "Ghost02" living in a place called "The Ghost town" might just have something to do with it.
Well then I'll change it. I live in Durban.
LancelotSA
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brad
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Ghost
PM your contact details and address and I will ask the planner for that area to make contact with you. I am not at work this week, so will probably only happen next week.
Brad
Do you have something to do with the whole tower placement thing? If you do which network? It doesn't matter which network because I'll be moving to it.
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
If I recall correctly, you're still at school? (Correct me if I'm wrong).
If so, I'd suggest you get your parents to call the local offices of the various networks as these decisions are handled at a regional level.
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