An AT&T flier from early this year on the 862 Regal Road proposal; more recent information about how this antenna might look was not available this week. This and other applications are still in negotiations. (Click the image to see the full flier and description.)
By Kate Darby Rauch and Emilie Raguso
A handful of neighbors on Regal Road want it. A bunch more on Grizzly Peak Boulevard don’t.
So read two differing Change.org petitions on AT&T proposals to build new cell antennas on power poles in the Berkeley Hills.
Applications for 12 AT&T cell nodes are winding their way through the city’s permitting process, with no final decisions yet. (See the map below for the proposed site locations and applications.)
All the proposed sites are on existing power lines, intended for what’s called a Distributed Antenna System (DAS), which uses more, smaller antennas to cover an area, rather than one larger, macro tower.
“A DAS also allows for more widespread coverage because several sites can be deployed to more effectively cover an area of varied topography and elevation. That makes it a good match for hilly areas,” said Alex Krasov, AT&T public affairs manager.(...)
Read the rest of Berkeley Hills residents may get new AT&T cell antennas (819 words)
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