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  1. FCC just instituted "shot clock" rule that prevent municipalities from sitting on zoning apps for towers for more than 150 days. Good!
  2. Feeling proud of what we do. It has been a good week for our clients.
  3. Pondering how iphone like applications will eventually make their way to all types of devices. Cars, tv's, other devices. Incremental $.
  4. Getting referrals from carrier attorneys who need help convincing landowners what is reasonable.
  5. An appraiser called- his client built his own tower for $250K and believes he can get $12,000/mo per tenant. Tower is empty- and should be.
  6. 250K-300K Verizon Droids expected to be sold in the first week.
  7. Reviewing a spreadsheet that Md7 provided that shows the long term revenue from their proposals- so misleading in that it goes out 40 years.
  8. Clearwire receives $1.5B investment from all previous investors except Google. Huge number of sites from Clearwire coming next year.
  9. The average smartphone generates 30 (YES - thirty) times the traffic of a regular phone.
  10. Verizon to complete LTE overlays for entire US by 2013.
  11. Crown Castle says applications for colos are up 41% from 3Q 2008 to 3Q 2009.
  12. Reading the testimony of Cityswitch at a zoning hearing about why they do or don't have to get local approval for placement of towers.
  13. Reviewing a Clearwire proposal for a Parks Department. Clearwire is up the proverbial creek in this case.
  14. In researching what other districts received- it is shocking that one receives $5000/year per lease. Woefully undervalued.
  15. Evaluating a proposed Verizon lease for a school district- worth a good deal more than VZW offered.
  16. Quoted on the issue of radio frequency emissions and a foolish NYC proposed ordinance. http://bit.ly/PXrGG
  17. Client: "The Board and the community were very appreciative of your report- its clarity and the information you were able to share with us."
  18. A client compared dealing with cell towers to dealing with ostriches. He only has one of each and has no idea what to do with either.
  19. Helping a school district in the NE figure out how much they more they should get for a cell tower lease than Verizon offered.
  20. I love days like today. We just confirmed that a tower company is lying about their options at expiration. Their rent will go up 300%.