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No hidden towers are fine, but ...
I do not have a problem with the Board of Supervisors recent decision not to have hidden towers as long as they realize they might be compromising future wireless phone service.
These antennas and towers are often what is needed to have uninterupted service in an area.
The towers can be tough to look at, but a lack of wireless service in Western Loudoun can be hard to handle as well. I do not like my phone conversations cut midway due to bad service. Besides, no one ever minded when we had above ground telephone polls. Have we already forgotten our technological roots?
There are legislative ways to limit how unsightly cell towers can be, but supervisors instead chose a ban. Is this another case of people wanting a service such as cell phones, but who are not willing to face the consequences?
In New York, such towers could be installed as long as the telecommunications companies were willing to put up money. With a cash strapped county, any source of additional funds could help. If their is a movement to get rid of proffers, we'll need other long-term sources of money other than taxes.
I've seen towers put on top of buildings and even water towers while I lived in New York. Companies also forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars to have as few as 6 to 12 small antennas installed at once.
I do not think a few antennas here and there could be as much of a blythe as all of the homes and buildings going up in Loudoun County.
So next time you get a fuzzy cell signal, think twice about this newly passed ordinance. I'm o.k. with it, at least until the next time my phone goes out.
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