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Page 1 of 1 158 Tom Altieri From: Janet Schoendorf (Janet@schoe.com] Sent: ~ Sunday, June 01, 2008 4:34 PM To: CompPlanUpdate Subject: One small comment Dear Members of the Orange County Department of Planning and Inspections, Please refer to the p.32 of the Services and Facilities Elementof the Comprehensive Plan, Objective PS-T-6 which talks about limiting the number of future wireless telecommunication facilities by identifying preferred locations. I am opposed to the dea of limiting cell phone towers, because no one, but customers of Alltel, receives adequate reception on his/her cell phone in Chapel Hill. This has essentially created a monopoly for Alltel, which dreadful for the customer. It is also a problerri for visitors to the.area who use other cell phone companies. Really, it seems backward to be in a place like Orange County, with so much other high tech activity going on, and then not to be able to receive a decent signal on one's cell phone. It is very frustrating, and not very good for business or consumers. In addition, I don't think cell phone towers are more offensive in appearance than any other utility pole, so if we had more than we needed, it would be preferable to an insufficient number. Perhaps some compromise could be reached? Maybe Orange County could request that all cell phone companies that wanted to do business in Orange County put in a specified amount of money into a cell phone tower pool. This pool of money could then be used to build cell towers that all companies would share. Orange County wireless experts could specify where these towers should be built for maximum coverage with a minimum of towers. Companies, new to the area, could be added on for a fee. Please modify the plan to insure that Orange County has sufficient towers to provide adequate wireless coverage, no matter what cell phone company one uses. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Janet Schoendorf 6/6/2008