CAMPAIGNERS in Kentish Town have lost their fight against a mobile phone mast
Read my text: rail users get new line
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
28 October 2005
Caroline McClatchey
CAMPAIGNERS in Kentish Town have lost their fight against a mobile phone mast which will allow rail commuters to chat uninterrupted.
Mobile phone giant O2 has been granted permission to install a 10-metre high pavement mast - the borough's first - in Bartholomew Road.
02 made the application after commuters travelling on Silverlink trains near Kentish Town complained of a poor signal.
It means there will be two masts - Orange has already put one up - just yards from each other.
Campaigner Annie Moser from Gaisford Street said: "We are extremely disappointed. There were obvious problems such as the look of it and where it's going to be placed. There's also the health risks which the planning department don't take into account.
"It's near several schools and Cantelowes Park, which Camden Council is spending lots of money on.
"A safe and unseen service in the tunnel, using proven picocell systems and broadband technology, is the obvious answer and this could be done most efficiently by the networks cooperating.
"But there has been no effort by the council to bring the mobile networks together."
More than 130 residents signed the petition against the O2 mobile phone mast last month.
caroline.mcclatchey@hamhigh.co.uk
editorial@hamhigh.co.uk
28 October 2005
Caroline McClatchey
CAMPAIGNERS in Kentish Town have lost their fight against a mobile phone mast which will allow rail commuters to chat uninterrupted.
Mobile phone giant O2 has been granted permission to install a 10-metre high pavement mast - the borough's first - in Bartholomew Road.
02 made the application after commuters travelling on Silverlink trains near Kentish Town complained of a poor signal.
It means there will be two masts - Orange has already put one up - just yards from each other.
Campaigner Annie Moser from Gaisford Street said: "We are extremely disappointed. There were obvious problems such as the look of it and where it's going to be placed. There's also the health risks which the planning department don't take into account.
"It's near several schools and Cantelowes Park, which Camden Council is spending lots of money on.
"A safe and unseen service in the tunnel, using proven picocell systems and broadband technology, is the obvious answer and this could be done most efficiently by the networks cooperating.
"But there has been no effort by the council to bring the mobile networks together."
More than 130 residents signed the petition against the O2 mobile phone mast last month.
caroline.mcclatchey@hamhigh.co.uk
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