As you know, I am trying to build a wireless bridge by bouncing the signal off a water tower with two parabolic dishes on top. This setup would require no radio. I had contacted the City of Brooklyn Park to inquire about putting an antenna atop their water tower. They stated that they would take my information and discuss it in a committee meeting. Their response just went to prove that they are truly government employees and not capitalists. They said "No". Plain and simple. They stated that they didn't want private companies putting gear atop their water tower for a bridge link. They stated that if they did, they would then have to offer the same thing to all the other businesses in the area and they just didn't have the real estate atop the tower to support hundreds of bridge relays. (?). I told them that if demand increases, that's when they raise the price as the space became at a premium. I was completely flabbergasted by their response. At no price did they want to give us access. They apparently have no problem giving access to big companies such as cellular carriers and WISP's, etc, but as far as the private smaller companies are concerned, you're S.O.L. What are your thoughts on this? Are these people dense? I was astounded by their decision. They stated that if I wanted to appeal the decision, I could take it to the City Council where I would have to explain to these people what a wireless bridge is as they come up with irrelevant arguments regarding their concerns about it interfering with their cellular phone or how it will impact homeland security. Can you believe this?! Joel R. Helgeson Director of Networking & Security Services SymetriQ Corporation, www.symetriq.com 8500 Normandale Lake Boulevard, Suite 1670 Bloomington, Minnesota 55437-3813 Office: (952) 921-8869 Cell: (651) 270-7521 "An investment in knowledge pays the best dividends." - Benjamin Franklin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tcwug-list/attachments/20020926/5a7ed6fd/attachment.html