What is "stealthing"? Why can't it be done for a particulars ite? <br />Stealthing, or camouflaging, is disguising a cell site to look like something else. For example, using a <br />flagpole or a church steeple to build onto or designing the site to look like a tree or cactus. <br />While this may be a good option at times, stealth cell sites do place some restrictions on the technology of <br />the cell site that sometimes do not make it a feasible option. Generally, the more intricate the stealthing, <br />the less the capacity or coverage can be expected from the site. Stealthing may reduce the number of <br />additional service providers that are able to use the site. <br />Stealthing also adds significant costs. If capital is limited, improved capacity or more coverage is best <br />addressed with a traditional macro site or small cells. <br />What is piggybacking or collocating? <br />This refers to sharing space on an existing tower or other sites already developed for communications. <br />These deployments are generally faster. <br />If an existing tower meets our capacity or coverage objectives and the tower can hold our equipment <br />(usually the biggest hurdle) and the tower owner will allow us to co-locate and the zoning board allows it, <br />then we will choose this option. <br />There are some complications with the tuning of AM towers that generally get them excluded from the list <br />of candidates. We also have collocated on high-tension power towers, although this is also a last option <br />given the concerns with maintenance and voltage. Not all electric companies are receptive to locating on <br />their high-tension structures. <br />Expert scientists and government agencies have stated repeatedly that wireless antennas in compliance with <br />FCC regulations do not pose health concerns. <br />The radio signals from our cell sites comply with regulations established by the Federal Communications <br />Commission in consultation with federal agencies responsible for protecting public health and the environment, <br />including the Food and Drug Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency. We maintain power <br />levels at most of our sites that are far below the limits established by government regulations. <br />For more information on radio frequency safety, visit http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/rfexposure.html <br />or contact the FCC's RF Safety Program at rfsafety@fcc.gov or 1-888-225-5322. In addition, CTIA, the Wireless <br />Association, also has helpful information available at http://wwvv.cellphonehealthfacts.com/. <br />How does reliable broadband and wireless coverage benefit a community? <br />The new generation has largely grown up with, and is comfortable with, technology. In fact, two in five of <br />American adults have chosen to live in wireless-only homes and have given up their landlines.` <br />Consumers want access to wireless phone and broadband technology. <br />The absence of broadband can make a community a less attractive location for new investment and <br />development. <br />Wireless and high speed broadband has many positive benefits for vital institutions like schools, hospitals <br />and police and fire departments, and residents. New and upgraded infrastructure delivers community <br />benefits including enhanced public safety, access to improved education, health care and econornic <br />development opportunities. <br />1 Entropy Economics Report, Digital Dynamism Competition in the Internet Ecosystem. 12 November 2015. <br />2 Stephen J BILmberg and Julian V- Luke, Wireless Substitution. EarhJ Release of Estimates from the Health IntervieviSurvey, January-June 2013, (Dec.20, 2013). <br />