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way of life—to everyone, whether the electric company would make money on each customer or not. And the lines of power poles, wires and substations required to create the grids were tolerated, if not welcomed.
And now, cellular communication towers are coming, and most people are unhappy with what they will do to the landscape. They’re right to be concerned. There is an old saying about the future, that “the answers may lie beyond our reach, but not beyond our grasp.” That is how we need to approach the challenge of cell towers in Rappahannock. Yes, the cell phone companies have two real advantages—extremely deep pockets and the Telecommunications Act of 1996—but as more communities struggle with these same issues, the answers will come. Next door in Fauquier County, tow new ways of dealing with the “visual pollution” caused by cell towers are being looked at. The placement of towers in structures resembling silos has been suggested, and the concept of limiting height to 80 feet for all new towers is being considered.
—Compiled by Bill Kossler
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