http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2007/10/01/ericsson-tower-tube-the-sexy-cell-tower/ The Alternative Consumer provides product reviews, eco news and green info to the next wave of smart consumers. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:47:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2007/10/01/ericsson-tower-tube-the-sexy-cell-tower/comment-page-1/#comment-472900 pashmina Sat, 23 Oct 2010 06:10:07 +0000 http://www.alternativeconsumer.com/2007/10/01/ericsson-tower-tube-the-sexy-cell-tower/#comment-472900 I recently visited Vietnam where I was horrified telecoms pylons being built to cut across a picturesque valley with rice paddys cut into the hillside. OK, I guess it's easy for me as a foreigner to complain.... but tourism is bringing so much money to the area and by building these ugly towers they were destroying to very landscape people were coming to see. Sensitive development and planning (as well as architecturally pleasing cell towers) should really be considered.... I mean, I wonder if it's not cheaper to put a few well placed cell towers in position than to lay fixed cables everywhere for landlines. I recently visited Vietnam where I was horrified telecoms pylons being built to cut across a picturesque valley with rice paddys cut into the hillside. OK, I guess it’s easy for me as a foreigner to complain…. but tourism is bringing so much money to the area and by building these ugly towers they were destroying to very landscape people were coming to see. Sensitive development and planning (as well as architecturally pleasing cell towers) should really be considered…. I mean, I wonder if it’s not cheaper to put a few well placed cell towers in position than to lay fixed cables everywhere for landlines.

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