When I walk out my front door at night, I can clearly see the red blinking light atop a cell phone tower. It is a short distance outside our neighborhood. My reaction to this should be:
- A – Petition my city, county, Congressmen, etc and demand it be removed.
- B – Ask that they make it look like a giant pine tree.
- C – Fear for my children’s safety because of unseen radio waves.
- D – Enjoy perfect cell coverage in all spots of my home and flawless 3G data.
If you said D, you’d be right! I love my little cell tower. From any corner of my house I can use my cell phone without fear of a dropped call. If I ever wanted to go totally wireless (ditching the land line) I could do it without a problem.
I like my wireless technology and I like when it works! I think most people do too, even if they won’t admit it. Cell towers make this possible. Your iPhone isn’t worth the plastic it’s made of without the cell towers to give you a signal. I also believe that most people ignore the presence of cell towers. I’ve lived in my current home for four years and I never really paid attention to my nearby tower.
Some residents of Milton have their underpants in a bunch over some proposed towers in their new city. I suppose their attempts to preserve the agrarian feel explains it. I can almost understand their concern. The disguised towers (that look like trees) are a decent compromise. But an outright ban on towers threaten property rights as well as my ability to get a signal!
But also in the news you’ll find the Forsyth County school board. In an effort to make a few bucks for the schools, they are floating the idea of installing cell towers on school property. I appreciate administrators’ efforts to be creative in finding dollars. But in this case, concerned citizens (about 15 of them) are worried about safety issues. Not that there are any studies to suggest that cell signals are harmful or anything. Nah! The risk of the tower falling on kids is greater than that of the radio waves. I’m sorry folks, but the most dangerous part of school is merely driving your children there in the car. They could install a farm of cell towers and this would still be a fact.
The City of Milton and the Forsyth County school board have yet to decide the cell tower issues before them. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. In the meantime, the same “concerned citizens” are probably deciding on cell plans based on coverage maps. How many bars do you have?
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