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DRAFT <br /> <br />OC Board of Adjustment – 11/9/15 Page 111 of 156 <br /> <br />John Price: We spent a lot of time on the coverage of Mount Carmel Road. I’d like to ask you 1 <br />about the capacity offload at UNC Campus. Are there alternative technologies and structure 2 <br />designs that could be used to better address the needs that’s been identified for the capacity 3 <br />offload? 4 <br /> 5 <br />Ben Levitan: Absolutely. And those alternatives are better for the students. Like remember, this 6 <br />cell tower is using licensed frequency and that translates to 18-year olds phone data. He’s going 7 <br />to spend data on this. If you want to provide a benefit to UNC Campus, you’re going to put as 8 <br />much on the license spectrum. Ideally, a kid would love to be on Wi-Fi, not a cell. LTE. LTE 9 <br />unlicensed these small cells come in an unlicensed form that basically it wouldn’t cost you 10 <br />anything on your data plan. This cell tower is actually going to harm students. 11 <br /> 12 <br />Matt Hughes: How so? 13 <br /> 14 <br />Ben Levitan: Ok, you know on most data plans you get Wi-Fi for free? 15 <br /> 16 <br />Matt Hughes: Mm-Hmm. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Ben Levitan: This cell tower doesn’t provide anything free. You would be paying for data charges. 19 <br />You can hook up to the Internet two different ways: like a Wi-Fi type service, or from a cell tower. 20 <br />When you use your data plan… what Verizon’s or ATT is charging you for is use of a cell tower 21 <br />like this. Your phone normally tries to switch you to a cheaper connection, like Wi-Fi, or what 22 <br />we’re calling an unlicensed LTE, which is free. There’s no…. it’s free sir. 23 <br /> 24 <br />Matt Hughes: Ok. I’m not following. As a student at UNC I’m not following. 25 <br /> 26 <br />Ben Levitan: Ok. Just think about your data plan. You know that sometimes you get charged for 27 <br />data. 28 <br /> 29 <br />Matt Hughes: That’s right. 30 <br /> 31 <br />Ben Levitan: Sometimes you don’t. 32 <br /> 33 <br />Matt Hughes: That’s right. 34 <br /> 35 <br />Ben Levitan: When you use this tower you get charged. 36 <br /> 37 <br />Matt Hughes: That’s right. 38 <br /> 39 <br />Ben Levitan: When you use Wi-Fi you don’t get charged. 40 <br /> 41 <br />Matt Hughes: Right. 42 <br /> 43 <br />Ben Levitan: The new technology we’re talking about, these small cells, you don’t get charged. 44 <br /> 45 <br />Samantha Cabe: So is that actually in use? Because I’ve never had free non-cell phone service... 46 <br /> 47 <br />Ben Levitan: Your phone normally tries to push you to Wi-Fi. 48 <br /> 49 <br />Samantha Cabe: Right, but this isn’t Wi-Fi that you’re talking about. 50 <br />113