In Mamaroneck, for example, cellular installations are confined to two sites, including a cluster of antennas mounted on the smokestack of an abandoned town-owned incinerator along Interstate 95.
Representatives of Sprint PCS, Nextel Communications and Verizon Wireless declined to divulge statistics charting the growth of cellular installations in Westchester, but the spread has been pronounced.
Since 1997, 34 cellular installations have been placed in Greenburgh -- not counting the ersatz flagpole -- because several major highways lace the town and the rugged topography blocks the radio signals that enable cellular devices to work.
Due in part to a provision in the federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 that bars communities from objecting to cellular phone antenna installations for health reasons, opposition has shifted to the aesthetic arena.
Instead of relying on installers to rewire the house, new "security systems in a box" use a combination of battery, wireless and cellular technology to make installation simple and quick for most homeowners.
Topics can veer from his self-generating art installations via "cellular automata", an explication of a Danish town's waterworks and haircuts, "a little artwork that everyone carries around on their head".
Our calculations suggest that the maximum profitable investment in DCV equipment is about 400 EURO per cellular office if central installations and technical areas can be reduced as a consequence of DCV.
However, she argued, they had no choice regarding the installation of the cellular equipment.
According to Jim Fryer, whose company Fryer's Tower Source tracks the number of towers nationwide, Westchester County has 149 cellular sites, including towers and rooftop installations.
Partly in response to long waits for installation of land phone service, the use of cellular telephones expanded rapidly in the early 21st century; Internet use and access, however, were limited and increased at a far slower pace.
