Can we put a cell phone tower on our property and if so, how much would that cost?

[Dianne-TX]

Thanks.

[Scarlett]

Thanks.

 

 

I thought cell phone companies paid to have towers on property.

[East Coast Sue]

My dh used to plan & contract the building of cell towers for one of the major companies. If your church is near a high use area, it is possible the phone companies would want to use your building/property. Sometimes zoning is a problem but it's worth contacting a cellular carrier to see. They do pay to lease the space on your property and then the have a right to access the cell tower when needed.

[Ausmumof3]

Lol... Cellphone company wants to put one on ours and will even pay to lease the space. I don't want it, as I'm pretty sure it will devalue the land in years to come.

[Guest]

The man who owns where our parish meets gets rent on two cell towers on his property.  If I recall correctly, it is about the same amount as we pay to rent the building.  

 

It's income.  

[Julie Smith]

My parent rent out a space for a tower. It provides internet for the area. They get among other things, free internet. 

[nd293]

Cell phone companies pay to put towers on properties but I don't think that what you're asking.

 

If you have coverage outside your house but want it better inside your house, then yes, you can do that with a booster which sends the signal from the window to another unit inside your house (it converts cell signal to something then back again).

 

If you want signal on your property where there is no signal, yes, that can be done too. Your 'personal tower' would be connected to the normal telephone network and then sets up a cell network out from there.

 

Dh is a telecoms engineer, but not with cell phone companies so that's a general "what's possible" sort of answer. It's early and I haven't had my coffee yet so I could probably get more precise technical terminology for things if you need them. And one I've had my coffee!

[Lanny]

Someone we know is an Electronic Engineer for one of the major providers here.   I think they would be happy, for you to pay them to install a tower on your property, IF it was also available to their other customers.  Our Homeowners Association had a meeting, I think 2 years ago, and we voted to permit that provider to install a tower on the edge of our property.  The initial lease was for 5 years.   The H.A. spent money, to make it more secure (little kids, etc.) so the first year we didn't make as much money as assumed.  There were several people who objected, but the bottom line was that if we turned it down, the owners of the land on the other side of our fence, would have the tower on their land, a few meters from where it is on our land, and they would be the ones with the monthly income from the cell phone company.  Our family recently moved our phones to Virgin Mobile, which uses the network of that cell phone company. I had my cell phone number ported to Virgin Mobile.   The tower is about 1 or 2 blocks from our house and (possibly) this year will be upgraded to 4G.  

 

Possibly an alternative for you would be to put up a tower on your property with some kind of high gain Yagi antenna that can provide a much stronger signal to your home.  If you are located in a very rural area, you might try to contact an Electronic Engineer who works for your provider, who might be able to give you some guidance on that.  That would be FAR LESS costly then having them install a full blown cell tower on your property which is mega bucks.  The normal Customer Service people will not have a clue if you contact them about what I am suggesting, so you will probably need to contact the Engineering Dept. in their HQ or Regional Office.  GL

[Shelly in IL]

My mom and dad get $25k per year to have a tower on their property. The company maintains the land.

[Lanny]

OP if you are a long way from the nearest cell tower, I sure hope that your phone is using CDMA technology.  You can have a conversation on CDMA with a very weak signal ("in the mud").  With GSM technology, you must have a very strong signal.  In weak signal areas, if CDMA is available, that's the way to go.  GL