Concord has recently started to work towards resolving some of their coverage issues.
Route 2: Lease in place, cell tower completion eyed for next spring <https://concordbridge.org/index.php/2025/04/30/lease-in-place-cell-tower-completion-eyed-for-next-spring/> Downtown: Concord Center to get long-sought cell boost <https://concordbridge.org/index.php/2025/07/18/concord-center-to-get-long-sought-cell-boost/> They're also installing small cells that have a tiny footprint and can provide service within a few hundred feet, useful in denser downtown areas. I'm not well versed on how a carrier approaches property owners or the town when trying to build outside of the Wireless Overlay District. But the leases can be generous, with property owners in some cases also collecting a percentage of rent charged to space for other carriers. In the case of the old Concord Landfill that is 10 years at $31,212 plus 3% escalation annually, and 35% of gross revenue from any co-location. (pg.86 <https://concordma.gov/DocumentCenter/View/54946/Select-Board-Meeting-Packet-April-28-2025-Final?bidId=> ) My T-Mobile signal at home has recently gone dark due to equipment upgrades at 30 Lewis St. It would be nice to have more redundancy, but the carriers might not feel the need to invest. At one point the town was taken to court over siting of a new tower along Rt. 2. Omnipoint (T-Mobile) vs Town of Lincoln <https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/107/108/2511182/> Here's a quote from the conclusion "In the Nineteenth Century railroad tracks were layed by Walden Pond; in the Twentieth Century telephone poles were the trees that grew on urban streets; in the Twenty-First Century wireless towers will become familiar landmarks across the suburban landscape. A universal technological advance cannot be permanently stayed by a local stratagem devised to preserve the character and beauty of a locality. The enduring principle of local control of land use shall be honored, but only if a federal law which promotes the establishment of a comprehensive nationwide wireless communication network is not thereby subverted. For good or for ill, Hamilton's, not Jefferson's, vision for America has prevailed." On Thu, Sep 18, 2025 at 5:44 PM Sara Mattes <[email protected]> wrote: > There issue has a lot to do with carriers desire to locate towers, private > property, and safety concerns…the hope had alwasy been that technology > would dig us out of these holes, but, it has yet to be. > Note that there are dead zones along Rt.2 in Concord and 117 through > Weston and into Waltham. > If those towns haven't found a solution, good luck to us! > > On Sep 18, 2025, at 5:18 PM, dgloew--- via Lincoln < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The accident on 117 has made me once again think about an issue that has > long bothered me. There are dead zones in Lincoln, not only on 117, > where there is no cell service. If one is alone and has an accident, there > is no way to seek help. > > Having lived in Lincoln for a very long time, I realize that this issue > has come up at town meeting on more than one occasion. Yet, the problem has > never been effectively addressed. Perhaps this is the time to revisit it. > > Davida > > > Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS > <https://aolapp.onelink.me/eG2g?pid=NativePlacement&c=US_Acquisition_YMktg_320_EmailSignature_AttributionDL&af_sub1=Acquisition&af_sub2=US_YMktg&af_sub3=&af_sub4=100002473&af_sub5=SentFromNewAOLApp__Interstitial_&af_ios_store_cpp=ce85ce34-ad0f-4811-a92b-a172743b064e&af_android_url=https%3A%2F%2Fplay.google.com%2Fstore%2Fapps%2Fdetails%3Fid%3Dcom.aol.mobile.aolapp%26listing%3Demail_signature_attribution> > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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