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To: Steven Bowen who wrote (1289)	2/24/1998 1:47:00 PM
From: WTC	Respond to of 2063

< Not sure I understand why just a few markets, ie Las Vegas, Denver, and Phoenix, seem to be getting most of the action. Does anybody believe these are worth 3 times Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Chicago?> The other, more direct explanation for these relatively high values is that these high-priced cities enjoy topography and general foliage characteristics, plus sit in optimal Crane rain zones, to make for the lowest cost initial infrastructure builds with the highest line-of-sight expectation. (Larger cell radii means fewer nodes, and flat terrain unchallenged by generally tall dense foliage means better LOS.) This logic does not explain low prices for Chicago, but it fits with the facts for Boston (foliage challenges), Dallas and Atlanta (high rain rates). I would never suggest the complete answer is one-dimensional, of course. < Not sure I understand why just a few markets, ie Las Vegas, Denver, and Phoenix, seem to be getting most of the action. Does anybody believe these are worth 3 times Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Chicago?> The other, more direct explanation for these relatively high values is that these high-priced cities enjoy topography and general foliage characteristics, plus sit in optimal Crane rain zones, to make for the lowest cost initial infrastructure builds with the highest line-of-sight expectation. (Larger cell radii means fewer nodes, and flat terrain unchallenged by generally tall dense foliage means better LOS.) This logic does not explain low prices for Chicago, but it fits with the facts for Boston (foliage challenges), Dallas and Atlanta (high rain rates). I would never suggest the complete answer is one-dimensional, of course.