Hataitai residents don't want lamp post mounted cell phone tower

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mckenndk

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#73370 13-Dec-2010 07:41

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4450575/Hataitai-cellphone-tower-plan-criticised

I don't know how this is going to effect property values, most people don't even know what these are when they see them.
Usually a round circular box on top of a lamp post, I would have to say the least eyesore tower you can get.

Can you put it in Greytown so we have perfect coverage here over christmas.

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#416351 13-Dec-2010 07:44

Another example of NIMBY. If not it would increase property value for people would look at their mobile and realise there is no signal there - so why bother buying a house in that area?

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#416704 13-Dec-2010 19:48

mckenndk: http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4450575/Hataitai-cellphone-tower-plan-criticised

I don't know how this is going to effect property values, most people don't even know what these are when they see them.
Usually a round circular box on top of a lamp post, I would have to say the least eyesore tower you can get.

Can you put it in Greytown so we have perfect coverage here over christmas.

Dion

If Vodafone want a location then they're more than happy to plonk a giant tower in my backyard if they want - I swear these NIMBY folk are the same sort of people who dig up conspiracy theories about vaccines and wear tin foil hats to stop the government from reading their thoughts.

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#416709 13-Dec-2010 20:04

kawaii:

If Vodafone want a location then they're more than happy to plonk a giant tower in my backyard if they want - I swear these NIMBY folk are the same sort of people who dig up conspiracy theories about vaccines and wear tin foil hats to stop the government from reading their thoughts.

Speaking of which, I heard if guys use tin foil around their family jewels like underwear then it protects you during the airport X-Ray scan's.

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#416734 13-Dec-2010 20:40

exportgoldman:
Speaking of which, I heard if guys use tin foil around their family jewels like underwear then it protects you during the airport X-Ray scan's.

i'm sure i could put together a research project to show that tin foil wrapped jewels result in an increase of testicular cancer. hell, i could probably prove an increase in ovarian cancer in males too if i really really tried ;)

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#416752 13-Dec-2010 21:20

41.69% of survey data is made up...

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#416764 13-Dec-2010 21:41

(taking off my Vodafone hat here)

When I rented and purchased a house I always made sure there was good mobile coverage in the area as I also needed this for my job when going on call

mckenndk

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#416774 13-Dec-2010 21:55

I would usually put these people at the front of the list of people that complain about lack of coverage at home and expect their IT department to come up with a solution.

Funniest one I have had was a manager insisting we should give her a phone from another operator that we did not have a contract with (and according to their maps had no coverage in the area either) and we told her we can't do that, but she would not listen to the plebs and all she got from upper mangement was divert your mobile to your home land line or don't live in posh areas that don't get coverage because you don't want a tower in your front lawn.

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#416899 14-Dec-2010 08:36

Guess these folks won't be clamoring for femtocells if their coverage is crap..

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#417032 14-Dec-2010 12:46

old3eyes: Guess these folks won't be clamoring for femtocells if their coverage is crap..

ah, these are probably the sort of people who wouldnt think twice about deploying one. They're just little boxes - surely they cant be anything like a giant cell tower!

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