Why there is a cellphone tower right next to the wall of the Wheaton High?

[Anonymous]

Why?

[Anonymous]

Good question. Why?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Good question. Why?

Because it is in a poor neighborhood and the Board of Education doesn't care about those children.

Wootton parents wouldn't even let the Board of Education put a cell phone tower under the bleachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Good question. Why?

Because it is in a poor neighborhood and the Board of Education doesn't care about those children.

Wootton parents wouldn't even let the Board of Education put a cell phone tower under the bleachers.

How come? So the parents at Wootton are bigger and stronger? Or something? MCPS is big on supporting diversity and cares about the poor kids. You must be getting something wrong.

[Anonymous]

Parents at richer schools have other sources of revenue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents at richer schools have other sources of revenue.

But who would not like more revenue? Why they declined the additional revenue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents at richer schools have other sources of revenue.

What revenue?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents at richer schools have other sources of revenue.

What revenue?

https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/14/535403513/cell-towers-at-schools-godsend-or-god-awful

[Anonymous]

I worked for Verizon Wireless for 10 years & I used to write up three leases for the cell towers.

One of ther ones I distinctly remember was a cell tower that we had built on the land of a monastery. They had a HUGE piece of land so their quarters were nowhere near the tower & we paid them $10,000 per month.

This was back in the days when towns would get heavy turnouts at local meetings NOT to allow towers in their towns, so we paid very well top those that allowed it.

Additionally, these were the days before repeaters, as well as cell companies being in HEAVY competition with each other for towers.

Now, it's a lot more civilized.

As soonas some genius finally realized that all of the carriers were paying CRAZY rentals to compete with one another, those days were pretty much over.

Now, we actually pay the other cell providers rent to lease space on the cell towers they already have established & we let them rent from us vice versa too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked for Verizon Wireless for 10 years & I used to write up three leases for the cell towers.

One of ther ones I distinctly remember was a cell tower that we had built on the land of a monastery. They had a HUGE piece of land so their quarters were nowhere near the tower & we paid them $10,000 per month.

This was back in the days when towns would get heavy turnouts at local meetings NOT to allow towers in their towns, so we paid very well top those that allowed it.

Add itionally, these were the days before repeaters, as well as cell companies being in HEAVY competition with each other for towers.

Now, it's a lot more civilized.

As soonas some genius finally realized that all of the carriers were paying CRAZY rentals to compete with one another, those days were pretty much over.

Now, we actually pay the other cell providers rent to lease space on the cell towers they already have established & we let them rent from us vice versa too.

** Sorry for all of the typos, typing on the metro!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I worked for Verizon Wireless for 10 years & I used to write up three leases for the cell towers.

One of ther ones I distinctly remember was a cell tower that we had built on the land of a monastery. They had a HUGE piece of land so their quarters were nowhere near the tower & we paid them $10,000 per month.

This was back in the days when towns would get heavy turnouts at local meetings NOT to allow towers in their towns, so we paid very well top those that allowed it.

Add itionally, these were the days before repeaters, as well as cell companies being in HEAVY competition with each other for towers.

Now, it's a lot more civilized.

As soonas some genius finally realized that all of the carriers were paying CRAZY rentals to compete with one another, those days were pretty much over.

Now, we actually pay the other cell providers rent to lease space on the cell towers they already have established & we let them rent from us vice versa too.

** Sorry for all of the typos, typing on the metro!

Thanks for that explanation.

Sounds like a better idea to just rent from a provider that already has a tower there!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents at richer schools have other sources of revenue.

Maybe. But they wanted to put a tower up at Parkland a few years ago. Parkland is definitely not a wealthy community. Yet, somehow the parents were able to stop the tower. There must be more to it than just ‘revenue’.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I worked for Verizon Wireless for 10 years & I used to write up three leases for the cell towers.

One of ther ones I distinctly remember was a cell tower that we had built on the land of a monastery. They had a HUGE piece of land so their quarters were nowhere near the tower & we paid them $10,000 per month.

This was back in the days when towns would get heavy turnouts at local meetings NOT to allow towers in their towns, so we paid very well top those that allowed it.

Additionally, these were the days before repeaters, as well as cell companies being in HEAVY competition with each other for towers.

Now, it's a lot more civilized.

As soonas some genius finally realized that all of the carriers were paying CRAZY rentals to compete with one another, those days were pretty much over.

Now, we actually pay the other cell providers rent to lease space on the cell towers they already have established & we let them rent from us vice versa too.

MCPS doesn't get nearly that much money from cell towers. The carriers love them because they get dirt cheap land and don't pay property taxes.

[Anonymous]

Who cares?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who cares?

No one. It's Wheaton.