Re: Wireless phone question

["Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>]

I am talking about mobilizing customers when there is a specific proposal
for a new tower.  Putting forward those proposals costs money, why not
increase the chances of getting such proposals approved?

-- Dan Billings, Bowdoinham, Maine

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shawn Mamros" <mamros@MIT.EDU>
To: "Dan Billings" <dib9@gwi.net>
Cc: <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: Wireless phone question

> Big difference, though...  In the case of WalMart, there's a direct
> connection between the number of stores and the amount of money coming
> into WM's coffers.
>
> For the cell phone industry, it's not so clear cut.  In fact, I'd be
willing
> to bet that most cell providers try to get away with as few towers as they
> possibly can to provide service to a given areas.  More towers cost more
> money, certainly in terms of initial erection and possibly also in terms
> of maintenance, and there probably is little if any noticeable return per
> tower in terms of either more customers or having existing customers use
> their phones more often.  So it just wouldn't pay for the cell providers
> to mobilize their customers to demand more towers.