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Unnecessary
The following sentence was tacked onto the end of the "Place in the wireless network" section, and I removed it.
"A controversial issue is whether there is a correlation between radio transmission and the risk of cancer. Safety regulations exist to protect the public from extensive exposure to radio waves emitted by cell sites."
Seeing how the section is of a purely technical nature, concerning the cell tower's role in the wireless network, the sentence in question was out of place. However, there's certainly room for someone to create an entire section dedicated to said risk.
I am of the opinion that since the Mobile phone article already deals with this issue, and since there is indeed a large article dedicated solely to it (Mobile phone radiation and health), that it is not necessary to dump more arguments into this article. That being said, if someone wants to create another section for this article, go for it. Just put it where it belongs. KYJustin 23:46, 15 August 2007 (UTC)
You're right Tshire777 (talk) 13:18, 10 May 2019 (UTC)
"Cell" Undefined!
The first sentence says
"A cell site is a site where antennas and electronic communications equipment are placed to create a cell in a cellular network for the use of mobile phones."
But it doesn't say what a "cell" is. That should definitely be a definition: the fundamental element of a cell phone network!
GreenAsJade 01:14, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
Cell Sites and Real Property
As the copyright holder for this text, I give my permission for wikipedia to publish this entry under the GNU License Agreement. I invite people to add or make changes to this entry, but to delete would be a shame as it is important information for people interested in learning more about cell sites. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Towermeister (talk • contribs) 23:07, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
- Thank you very much! 79.103.188.125 (talk) 11:42, 17 March 2008 (UTC)
- You don't own this article, so you can't 'invite people' to edit the article. Everyone can edit it and many have.
- The text on the page to which the reference is linked is clearly marked as copyrighted at the bottom of the page. There's even a link to a Terms of Use page down there, which clearly states all text on the site belongs to a company and is not licensed under the GFDL. We have a procedure to follow for copyright waiver, and this anonymous claim of copyright possession and waiver is insufficient.
- At the same time, it's clear this text and the links added are here for the purpose of advertising the site and the company, which is not permitted regardless of copyright status. Most editors who add advertisements make a claim that whatever they're adding is "important information to educate the people" or some variant of that phrase. If the link and/or text is added back to the article, it will be removed. Persistent violators of either our advertising policy and the three revert rule can be blocked. KrakatoaKatie 07:06, 23 March 2008 (UTC)
- Real property refers to real estate, definitely not "copyright for text". =) — • Kurt Guirnela • ‡ Feedback 03:14, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
Li-Ion?
Why is there a link to Li-Ion in "See also"? I fail to see the connection between them (oh yes.. some of the equipment in a cell site uses Li-Ion batteries but that is not reason enough..) 90.190.228.23 (talk) 15:25, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
- I was bold and removed it - it has indeed nothing to do with the article at hand Tauntz (talk) 09:53, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
Maximum GSM cell site signal range
The maximum range of a mast (where it is not limited by interference with other masts nearby) depends on the same circumstances. Some technologies, such as GSM, have a fixed maximum range of 40km (25 miles), which is imposed by technical limitations.
Does anyone know where that info came from? It's clearly wrong since I'm constantly using a cell tower thats more than 80km away (Finland, Hanko to Tuksi, Estonia) and the signal quality is very good (have no way to measure it but it's 3-5 bars (medium to maximum) on a 1 year old nokia phone). Tauntz (talk) 09:52, 22 May 2008 (UTC)
- Well, the technical reason why it shouldn't work is Timing advance. --Mdwyer (talk) 00:50, 11 December 2008 (UTC)
- Which in itself is outdated information. GSM has had extended cell range capability since the late nineties. Motorola gave a press release in '98 of a cell that was 120km. 217.152.112.163 (talk) 11:27, 19 January 2011 (UTC)
Polarization and Antenna Characteristics
Parts of a Cell Site
I think we need to include information from this site http://www.steelintheair.com/Cell-Phone-Tower.html . It breaks down the parts of a Cell Site, which would be useful for people trying to learn about how a Cell Site functions. I don't know where you would insert it in the current article. --13:48, 10 April 2009 (UTC)65.51.87.2 (talk)
Multiple carriers?
Article should explain: In practice, does every carrier have access to every cell tower? Perhaps there is some sort of automatic payment mechanism if an AT&T customer uses a Verizon cell tower? Or does every carrier really build out its own cell tower network? Comet Tuttle (talk) 20:10, 15 March 2010 (UTC)
Safety
I'm not really keen to the workings of Wikipedia, but I have heard a lot about these things not being safe to live by, can we get a section in here researching some of that? 174.49.150.27 (talk) 16:31, 22 January 2011 (UTC)