http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/ Forums and Reviews about cellular phones, wireless phones and services. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:16:46 GMT vBulletin 60 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wa_2007_style/misc/rss.jpg http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/ http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76700-atlantic-beach-cell-tower-on-hold.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:42:28 GMT Cell tower on hold - Five Towns - LIHerald.com - Nassau County's source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping]]> Before the story, I would just like to that I am totally impressed with T-Mobile. They have some real balls attempting to put up a tower here. I know this has been a dead spot for t-mo for a long time, as they are the only carrier not on a building down the street. Tmo seems to be the only carrier even attempting to put up towers anymore.
My opinion, this tower will never happen. This is a very residential area, right on the bay and ocean. It is a very nice area, and the area residents are way stuck up. Good luck, tmobile, you will need it.
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Many Atlantic Beach residents, who are up in arms over the potential erection of a 53-foot cell tower in the middle of the small beach community, will have to wait even longer to have their say and get answers they demand following the postponement of a public hearing that had been set for this Thursday. The Village of Atlantic Beach Board of Zoning Appeals was set to review T-Mobile Northeast LLC’s cell tower application, but will adjourn the case at the request of the wireless service provider.

“The public hearing that is required and was scheduled for the November meeting is not going to happen,” said Atlantic Beach Village Attorney Charles S. Kovit. “The public hearing pertaining to the T-Mobile cell tower application will be adjourned at the request of T-Mobile. ... They probably weren’t ready to present their case, which requires a lot of technical information.”

Kovit added, “So if anyone is expecting to go down on the 19th to hear people talk about cell towers, they won’t see it. I’d tell anyone that called me that if they want they can come down and they can see the Board of Zoning Appeals adjourn the case.” He said that it is likely that the BZA will have the public hearing at the village’s January meeting.

The Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District entered into a contract leasing a parcel of land to T-Mobile last November. Now, pending approval from the Village of Atlantic Beach BZA, T-Mobile would be able to erect a 53-foot-tall cell tower on a property owned by the water district, located on the north side of Beech Street, between Vernon Avenue and Yates Avenue, and across from Wayne Avenue. The property is designated on the county tax map as Section 58, Block 61, Lot 114. The cell tower would consist of steeples, poles, telecommunication and public utility structures. The permit application also includes accessory uses and fences.

The approval of the village’s zoning board would be the final step necessary for T-Mobile to start the cell tower project. “Nothing can go through until the board decides the case,” Kovit said. “And then there might be subsequent litigation, but we shouldn’t get ahead of ourselves at this point.” According to Kovit, the sewer district made a decision that has nothing to do directly with the village or the Town of Hempstead. He described the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District as a “separate entity,” and added that the village’s Board of Trustees does not “take a position as a formal body” on the proposed cell tower.

Members of the Board of Commissioners of the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District did not return phone calls.

Many residents said that members of the Board of Trustees do not support the proposed cell tower. Those same residents have been asking questions pertaining to the proposed wireless communication facility for the past few weeks and said they haven’t gotten any straight answers.

This outcry comes despite an Oct. 21 informational meeting, arranged by the village, with representatives from T-Mobile in attendance and the village’s initial adjournment of the case from October to November. According to Kovit, the new hearing date should be determined by the board at its Nov. 19 meeting.

More than 100 residents attended a Nov. 10 meeting of the Greater Atlantic Beach Water Reclamation District and signed a petition against the proposed cell tower. “They’re not forthcoming about where the pole is going and gave us no direct answers at the meeting,” said Doreen Isola, who lives within 200 feet of the site. “The water department’s attorney gave us no answers and also said that if they just pulled out that they would be sued. They didn’t respond at all. There was zero response. It was as if I didn’t say a word. The zoning law is the only thing that can stop it.”

Atlantic Beach homeowner Alan Rosenbloom, who attended both the October informational meeting and last week’s water district meeting, said he senses some nervousness on the part of the commissioners of the water district due to the reaction of village residents. “People are up in arms to say the least,” Rosenbloom said. “They were quite vocal at the meetings. I think we’re on quite solid ground saying that this cell tower should not go forward. The Zoning Board of Appeals, which has now put off the decision, has ample grounds in order to turn down the application for a variance.” According to the village attorney, the number one priority of the mayor and the Board of Trustees, as well as the zoning board, is to protect residential property values, area character and aesthetics. “When somebody like T-Mobile comes in and is looking to put up a big, unsightly cell tower we believe it is the village’s role to challenge everything that T-Mobile says and take nothing for granted,” Kovit said. “We are very interested in knowing if they need a cell tower at all. We have to question if it is difficult to get cell phone service in Atlantic Beach and Atlantic Beach Estates. And even if there is a problem with service, are there other places that the cell tower could go where it would have lesser effect on property values, area character and aesthetics?”

Kovit said that the village hired Richard A. Comi, of the Center for Municipal Solutions, the leading municipal cell tower consultant in New York, to be sure that all the facts are straight before the zoning board makes its final decision. “We consider Mr. Comi essential to fully protect the interest of the residents of Atlantic Beach and Atlantic Beach Estates,” Kovit said. “If it wasn’t for him, we’d just have to accept all of their stuff at face value and obviously they have a vested interest in this and want the variance to be granted.”

Isola said her biggest concerns are the possibility of fire and potential health issues. “Our elected board needs to consider the consequences that such a large steel structure will act as a lightning rod and ignite the dense forest of bamboo and brush growing wildly in the field of the intended tower,” Isola said. “The effects of long-term exposure to these wireless transmissions from cell towers and antennas is wildly debated and is probably why T-Mobile chose to lease instead of buy to limit their liability.”

She added, “Who wants be forced to endure this aesthetically displeasing eyesore along with suspicious, possible cancer causing microwaves? I wouldn’t.”



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Cell tower on hold - Five Towns - LIHerald.com - Nassau County's source for local news, breaking news, sports, entertainment & shopping ]]> Wireless News Yankees368 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76700-atlantic-beach-cell-tower-on-hold.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76699-t-mobile-parent-seeks-partner-us.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:59:33 GMT Deutsche Telekom seeks partner in U.S. - report | Deals | Mergers & Acquisitions | Reuters An related note, I think the general public doesn't know that Verizon Wireless is a joint venture with a non-US based company; Vodafone. See this article: Vodafone CEO: Need To Resolve Verizon Wireless Situation It isn't mentioned in the article, but I think Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless.]]> Reuters has a story about T-Mobile US parent company Deutsche Telekom seeking a partner for its US T-Mobile network.

Reuters article: Deutsche Telekom seeks partner in U.S. - report | Deals | Mergers & Acquisitions | Reuters

An related note, I think the general public doesn't know that Verizon Wireless is a joint venture with a non-US based company; Vodafone.

See this article: Vodafone CEO: Need To Resolve Verizon Wireless Situation

It isn't mentioned in the article, but I think Vodafone owns 45% of Verizon Wireless. ]]> Wireless News JFB http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76699-t-mobile-parent-seeks-partner-us.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76698-pics-what-wind-mobile-stores-currently.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:57:46 GMT MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories]]> Here is a link to what the Wind stores will currently look like. In my opinion I think it looks a little plane.

MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories ]]> Wireless News Der84 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76698-pics-what-wind-mobile-stores-currently.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76697-telus-sues-rogers-ads-being-fastest.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:53:00 GMT MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories]]> Back in January Rogers filed a complaint with the Advertising Standards Canada (ASC) stating that Bell Mobility went against the Canadian Code by placing the statement “fastest and largest network across North America” in one of their ads.

Today, TELUS joined the game and filed a suit with the Supreme Court of British Columbia and sued Rogers for apparently misleading the Canadian public with some of their ads stating they are the “fastest and most reliable” network.

We reached out to TELUS for further explanation and Shawn Hall, TELUS spokesperson stated:

“TELUS’ sole interest in filing this suit is to have a competitor remove a false, misleading, and harmful claim from their advertising. In light of our recent launch of Canada’s largest 3G+ network, Rogers has no network advantage and they should not be misleading the Canadian public with false superiority claims.

Making a big claim in bold type and then trying to use fine print to restrict the claim to a comparison against just our old network and select criteria is clearly misleading to the public. We kindly asked them to remove the claim recently, and they refused. This lawsuit, while unfortunate, is our only recourse.”

In response to these claims, Rogers sent us a note with their comment: “We stand behind our claims. All of our internal and third party external testing since 2007 has consistently demonstrated that we have the most reliable network. We’ve established our reliability over time with millions of customers on our network. Telus has not submitted any data on their network performance. We look forward to vigorously defending our position in court.”

More on this shortly

MobileSyrup.com - Canadian Mobile Phone News & Reviews - Cell phones and Accessories ]]> Wireless News Der84 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76697-telus-sues-rogers-ads-being-fastest.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/international-wireless-forum-including-canada-mexico/76696-saskatchewan-proposes-cellphone-driving-ban.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:44:39 GMT Saskatchewan Proposes Cellphone Driving Ban]]> I had posted a thread awhile back about Ontario banning cell phones while driving. Well now I found another article with Saskatchewan doing the same thing.

Saskatchewan has introduced legislation that will ban talking and texting on hand-held cellphones while driving starting on Jan. 1.

The proposed bill would allow experienced drivers to use hands-free phones behind the wheel, but new drivers can't use any type of cellphones while operating a motor vehicle.

June Draude, minister responsible for Saskatchewan Government Insurance, says using a cellphone to talk or text while driving is clearly dangerous.

Studies suggest drivers who text are up to 23 times more likely to be involved in a collision than a non-distracted driver.

Ontario, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, and Nova Scotia already have such laws on the books.

Manitoba's cellphone ban is expected to be proclaimed into law next year and British Columbia has introduced similar legislation.


Saskatchewan Proposes Cellphone Driving Ban ]]> International Wireless Forum (Including Canada and Mexico) Der84 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/international-wireless-forum-including-canada-mexico/76696-saskatchewan-proposes-cellphone-driving-ban.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/general-wireless-discussion/76695-evolution-wireless-industry-my-personal-commentary.html Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:08:09 GMT This has been an interesting year in the wireless industry. I know in the past I have posted on how the wireless industry has the consumer in a vice grip and controls everything, especially when it comes to phones, high price plans, and contracts. It seams like things are changing very fast.

As far as the lock down on phones there has not been much change. We have seen a little bit of change with Best Buy selling unlocked phones, and we can also purchase them in a few Wal-Mart stores. Specialty electronic stores almost always have them. Of course we have online stores, but you have to be actively looking from them there and you cannot just stumble upon them like you can at Best Buy. Hopefully with LTE around the corner, the free market will demand change.

This year we have seen vicious competition in the industry. The plans are down to fifty bucks for unlimited minutes with unlimited text thrown in at an additional ten bucks a month. We have both unlimited pricing in messaging and phone data (with soft caps of course).

Finally we have also seen the carriers start to prorate their ETF's. For the most part the ETF's are not directly tied to the plans anymore, just to the devices. You can get month to month service off of the Verizon website and T-Mobile Website. ATT allows you to sign up on a month to month bases in its corporate stores. With the economy turning sour and peoples credit scores getting destroyed because of it, I see the prepaid side of the house increasing to protect both the carriers (they do not have to worry about people not paying their bills) and the consumer (you will never owe the carriers money.)

The most exciting things that I think are happening CURRENTLY in the industry is T-Mobile completely separating their devices and rate plans, (shows the consumers that there is a different way, one that works very well in Asia and about half of Europe chooses) Verizon jacking up their ETF's (what a way to burn your customers) and this ridiculous lawsuit (disgust the consumers even more and shows the childish, that's not the word, dirty and disgusting side of the industry). I hope that these events combined with the free market, competition and consumers demanding with their dollars a fair system continue to change the industry.

So, what are peoples thoughts on this? Do you agree or disagree? Why? ]]> GENERAL Wireless Discussion Simon5282 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/general-wireless-discussion/76695-evolution-wireless-industry-my-personal-commentary.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76691-t-mobile-offer-blackberry-pre-paid.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:47:06 GMT Article in the Chicago Tribune]]> T-Mobile says they are the 1st to have a Blackberry on a pre-paid plan.

Article in the Chicago Tribune ]]> Wireless News JFB http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76691-t-mobile-offer-blackberry-pre-paid.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76689-at-t-responds-verizon-3g-ads.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:39:18 GMT YouTube - Side by Side And the ad has a new website listed at the end of it: www.TruthAbout3G.com Story / Source: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=6163]]> AT&T claims in this new ad that, 'side by side' that they have 'a better 3G experience.'

YouTube - Side by Side

And the ad has a new website listed at the end of it: www.TruthAbout3G.com

Story / Source: http://www.iclarified.com/entry/index.php?enid=6163 ]]> Wireless News KyleAndMelissa22 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76689-at-t-responds-verizon-3g-ads.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/ringtones-wallpapers-games-mods/76687-mp3-cutter.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:15:56 GMT hi fellas, i need a 5 sec music alone from a song, its in MP3 version, how can i cut that particular portion alone hi fellas,
i need a 5 sec music alone from a song, its in MP3 version, how can i cut that particular portion alone ]]> Ringtones ~ Wallpapers ~ Games ~ Mods shalimar http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/ringtones-wallpapers-games-mods/76687-mp3-cutter.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76685-judges-denies-ts-request-halt-verizon.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:03:34 GMT http://www.crn.com/networking/221900...OSKHWATMY32JVN]]> Judges Denies AT&T's Request To Halt Verizon Ads

By Rob Wright, ChannelWeb


AT&T may hate Verizon Wireless' 3G advertising, but the company will have to deal with it now that AT&T's quest to have the ads taken off the air has been thrown out of court.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten denied AT&T's request for a temporary restraining order against Verizon's "There's A Map For That" campaign that would force the wireless carrier to cease running the ads, which unfavorably compare AT&T's 3G wireless map to Verizon's much larger coverage areas. AT&T filed a lawsuit earlier this month claiming the Verizon's ads were misleading consumers to believe that AT&T had extremely limited wireless Internet service. The company even published an open letter to customers claiming Verizon's ads were "blatantly false."

Verizon, meanwhile, continued to antagonize AT&T with more ads for the campaign. In addition, Verizon filed an unusually straightforward and humorous legal brief this week arguing that the ads were true and that "the truth hurts." In fact, AT&T never claimed Verizon's maps were a false representation of AT&T's 3G. Instead, it argued that the ads led consumers to believe they could not use their wireless Internet services outside of the extremely limited 3G areas.

In the end, Judge Batten agreed with Verizon and denied AT&T's restraining order request. The decision is a potential knockout blow for AT&T, which has another chance to plead its case in court on Dec. 16th.

Source: http://www.crn.com/networking/221900...OSKHWATMY32JVN ]]> Wireless News Gamer03 http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/wireless-news/76685-judges-denies-ts-request-halt-verizon.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/t-mobile-users/76683-leaving-t-mobile-for-verizon.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:14:11 GMT I plan on giving my account and phones to a friend who will take them over so my family can move to Verizon. My dad drives over the road and has been getting very bad reception and we hope with Verizon it will be better. I was wondering if anyone here has experience or knowledge about this process.

I know the person taking over the account (family plan with 3 lines) will have to get a credit check. Is it possible to call with the person a while before we do the switch to verify that she will be able to take it? So I have time to search for someone else if she can not?

I know porting a number normally means cancellation fees but is there a way to request the numbers be changed? Then would they be freed up for any provider to use at that time and could I request a certain number with Verizon? Or any other way that won't cost that will allow me to keep the numbers? ]]> T-Mobile Users Ellusionz http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/t-mobile-users/76683-leaving-t-mobile-for-verizon.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/verizon-wireless-users/76682-sms-not-working.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:59:52 GMT For some reason I believe SMS isn't working as of last night. Anyone have any clues why? I didn't change anything on my phone.

Edit: I went back to shipped and it seems to be working now. Nevermind. ]]> Verizon Wireless Users MrObvious http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/verizon-wireless-users/76682-sms-not-working.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/general-wireless-discussion/76680-can-incoming-messages-filtered-into-groups.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:44:55 GMT As far as I know, no carrier has anything like this, but I was wondering if anyone knew of something similar or a function which could possibly do the same job by different means. :confused:

Gmail accounts (and most email clients I believe) can setup filters for incoming messages so that if the specified message content, subject, or sender is found, then an automatic action can be assigned for the message. (placed into a group, deleted, saved, etc.)

My use would be for filtering messages that are from any sender including certain numbers into either a group, or optimally all as one contact.
ex. Any message received from a sender who's number begins with "32665" will be labeled as "Facebook" regardless of the rest of the number. (so "32665-123" or "32665-789" would both appear as "Facebook")

I apologize in advance if any of this is unclear, but any feedback or even questions would be appreciated- I'd be glad to elaborate. :biggrin: ]]> GENERAL Wireless Discussion salulos http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/general-wireless-discussion/76680-can-incoming-messages-filtered-into-groups.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/working-or-investing-in-wireless-industry/76677-become-dealer-sub-dealer.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:01:27 GMT i wanna become a T-Mobile Dealer/ sub-dealer
i've got a store with excellent location in NY
can anyone help me?
i appreciate! ]]> Working or Investing in the Wireless Industry wangchaosll http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/working-or-investing-in-wireless-industry/76677-become-dealer-sub-dealer.html http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/motorola/76676-fix-for-droid-camera-works.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:43:00 GMT Camera Fix and it works - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum Quite frankly if you read the above post I tend to think a silent update was pushed out to get the camera working better, but seems to work great now.]]> There has been a lot of concern from people about the Droid camera not focusing quickly and picture quality. You can follow the thread below regarding a fix. A very simple fix that seems to good to be true, but seems to work. I tried it on mine and it now focuses quicly and takes pictures and scans bar codes easily.

[Camera Fix and it works - Droid Forum - Verizon Droid & the Motorola Droid Forum

Quite frankly if you read the above post I tend to think a silent update was pushed out to get the camera working better, but seems to work great now. ]]> MOTOROLA paulmac http://forums.wirelessadvisor.com/motorola/76676-fix-for-droid-camera-works.html