What does the future of cell towers hold for homeowners and landowners?
That’s the burning question for the roughly 250,000 cell site renters who are trying to figure out if they can count on getting that monthly rent check from Verizon Wireless, AT&T Wireless, US Cellular, Sprint, T-Mobile, Cricket, or Metro PCS right here in the USA. Every year some telecom nerd writing for one of the more tech-savvy blogs or websites writes a feel-good article about how the ugly cell phone towers polluting the sky will soon become obsolete and be replaced by a pocket cube that does not cause global problems. heating or killing the Hudson River red-tailed pigeon, or by a network of small satellites, or by hot air balloons, by some advance in nanotechnology, or possibly by bridge trolls.
Sure, operators have built DAS (Distributed Antenna Systems) in places where other coverage solutions normally didn’t exist. But these DAS systems are extremely expensive and will never replace cell phone towers in our lifetime.
Will cell towers become obsolete?
Cell phone towers will become obsolete only when Chevy Suburbans and Ford F-150s can drive down the interstate at 70 MPH, completely powered by solar panels made in the USA. The demand for bandwidth is growing more faster than carriers can sell smartphones. Even if they came up with some amazing technology that could replace cell phone towers, it would easily take 10 years or more to implement. Think about it, how many of you reading this today have mediocre to poor wireless coverage now compared to 5 years ago before every 12 year old started getting data text messages on their cell phones? Do you receive calls regularly? How many times have you called the customer service line to complain? I wonder why they couldn’t fix it. They need more cell towers, not fewer cell sites, and telecom scientists haven’t yet invented the all-purpose cell tower bandwidth nano-widget to replace that big mid-air hunk of steel sticking up into the sky on your neighborhood.
How many places have little or no coverage now? I feel bad for the 55 million rural inhabitants who once again were left without coverage. It’s time to distribute capacity, so everyone has coverage, and take all the cell sites off Wall Street, dismantle them, and relocate them to rural Vermont. LOL.
Will some new technology replace cell sites?
The current administration is rumored to be considering converting all Chevy Volts produced into roaming telecommunications base stations in the San Francisco Bay Area to replace all existing cell sites. We will keep you updated on the progress of this green initiative.
What will happen to the rental income from my cell site?
Inevitably, some wireless owners will agree to carriers lowering their cell tower rentals and optimizing their cell site leases to appease cost-cutting carriers so they can continue to provide regular coverage to their beloved subscribers. At the end of each five-year period, landlords who accept a rent reduction can expect carriers to re-optimize their previously optimized cell tower leases until eventually the cell towers become obsolete or the carriers lease space outright. . leased property optimized for free.
We’ve answered a lot of critical questions here, and after reading our in-depth look at the inside eye of the cell tower infrastructure and leasing industry, you’re probably scratching your head and wondering how it’s possible that there’s only one truly mobile operator. Independent. Neutral US cell tower consulting firm that is loved by the owners and despised by the establishment.
How will the bandwidth change affect lasting? Occupy your cell phone tower.
