RSSAre cell towers ugly? Ericsson may have an alternative
By Tim Conneally | Published June 17, 2009, 5:39 PM
Where wireless communications company Ericsson usually deals in products meant to be unseen, it has taken a different approach with its new Capsule cell site, and designed a mobile broadband base station that is meant to be seen without standing out.
Even though mobile broadband coverage is in increased demand, property owners and communities are often less than thrilled to have cell towers erected near their homes and places of business. Companies have tried to make the giant towers less obtrusive by hiding them in fake foliage, or in creative architecture, and in urban areas, they're frequently put up wherever there is free space.
Ericsson has devised an all-in-one mobile broadband tower that can be set up in less than 24 hours which is designed to be either as noticeable or as un-noticeable as its surroundings demand.
The towers, designed by Scandinavian architect Thomas Sandell, are about 14 meters tall and weigh less than a ton (800kg). They require only a 2 meter equilateral triangle of ground space, and their composite exterior can be illuminated and adorned with advertisements or simply camouflaged into its surroundings.
Ericsson launched its first Capsule site today.
i think the real questions are "if cell phone towers hazardous" or are "cell phone towers killers"?
if i recall, there have been stories about flocks of migrating birds get fried if the need to rest on these towers. but for some reason, these stories about technology harming nature (and us) no longer appear.
could it be a conspiracy?
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|the more birds these towers kill the less likely of airplane bird strikes! F em!
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|As long as it doesn't effect range and reliability of the signal. If it does give me the ugly ones all day long.
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|I like it. If it catches on then areas like Beverly Hills may actually get cell coverage. If Ericsson is smart they'll let areas order them in different colors and maybe even have different outter looks instead of just the triangle. Even so they look pretty nice, but can't tell much from a picture, it could look pretty cheap in person. Anything is better than those ugly towers though. I wonder when a company will build a tower within a building, maybe make it look like a corner? Or a flag pole...which is a good idea actually.
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