March 14, 2005
Cell-phone companies want towers in cemeteries
Amidst public concerns over the safey of mobile phone masts - school mothers campaigning against their installation near schools - and the desparate search by cellular companies to put cell phone towers without controversy, a new location is looking good, the graveyard. The Detroit Free Press reports.
"Cemeteries have room to accommodate the base of the cell-phone structure. They may be on hills, which allow for broader swatches of coverage, or near highways, areas often plagued by weak signals.
Graveyards are generally close enough to inhabited areas to improve coverage, yet far enough to placate people who think exposure to such towers can cause health problems. And cell-phone tower neighbors who are 6 feet under are guaranteed not to make a sound."
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