ps - for anyone seriously looking into tower site information, I should have included the Fryer Site Guide url which shows up at the bottom of the Wireless Week page in the preceding post:
fryersguide.com
From which:
General
Fryer's Site Guide is a complete information resource for telecommunications companies
searching for tower site locations across the United States and Canada. Four regional
directories comprise the national (US) edition with over 120,000 sites nationwide. Listings
feature coordinates, tower heights, ground elevations and contact names (wherever
possible). New site information is added daily to the electronic database from an unique
variety of sources such as FCC filings, direct contact with site management firms, trade
show marketing, networking through associations, in-house market research and much
more. Electronic data can be purchased in various formats and fields with a same day
turnaround if necessary. Our data services department also offers tower registration and
signage services per FCC form 854. County and state government offices can purchase
customized reports for their area in an effort to stimulate business growth and provide
co-location options. Search services and data services are also available for sites where
only partial information is given by the FCC.
History
Fryer's Site Guide is entering its 9th year of providing comprehensive site data to the
telecommunications industry. As a publisher of commercial real estate directories for
McGraw-Hill Information Systems, Jim Fryer saw the need for a similar reference source
serving the wireless industry. As advertising, subscriptions, and the database grew
exponentially, the Guide added electronic data services and other dimensions of service to
the site industry. And there's much more to come as the Guide expands geographically,
adds thousands of new sites annually and continues to provide new site information
resources.
Fryer's Site Guide market assessments have been recently quoted in the Wall Street
Journal, Wired Magazine, Lehman Brothers and assorted industry trade publications.
We welcome your comments and suggestions to make it an even more responsive medium
in the future.
Fryer's Site Guide will be exhibiting at the following trade shows in
1999-2000:
NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors)/ San Diego
PCIA (New Orleans, September '99)
Shorecliff Tower Summit (Las Vegas, November'99)
Fryer's Site Guide is a member of:
NATE (National Association of Tower Erectors)
SBT: Small Buisness in Telecommunications
Radio Club of America |
