Municipal Wireless Consulting Services

Summary

In 2010, Isotrope, LLC. acquired the Municipal Wireless Consulting Service from Broadcast Signal Lab. Broadcast Signal Lab continues in the Test and Measurement business.

Isotrope Wireless provides a full range of services related to the needs of communities under the pressures of wireless proliferation.

Contact David Maxson at 508 359 8833 to discuss your community’s needs.

Types of Support Available

Isotrope Wireless helps communities through the stages of the wireless development cycle:

  1. Communities rely on Isotrope Wireless to assist with the development of
    effective wireless facility bylaws and ordinances.
  2. When the wireless applications start rolling in, Isotrope Wireless helps de-mystify
    the technical issues     confronting a community board attempting to evaluate a proposed facility
    and explore alternatives. Local boards are enabled to make informed decisions that
    best benefit their communities.
  3. With careful implementation of local regulations, the chances for legal challenges
    to board decisions are minimized. However, if an aggrieved party challenges the community
    in court, Isotrope Wireless has experience in providing expert testimony at both the
    state and federal levels.
  4. Finally, as wireless technologies emerge and evolve, Isotrope Wireless helps
    communities re-evaluate their regulations to anticipate the new demands.

Examples of Projects and Clients

Isotrope Wireless has participated in numerous wireless facility and cell tower zoning processes over the years. Here is a sampling of our work:

  1. Consultation to the Cape Cod Commission. Our evaluations have resulted in Commission approval of one facility as proposed, reduction in height by 33% of another proposed facility, denial of a third facility, and withdrawal of another proposed facility in light of the alternatives.
  2. Bylaw Drafting or Revision Assistance. Numerous towns have received Isotrope Wireless’s advice on new and revised wireless bylaws and ordinances. A recent project resulted in a comparative evaluation of bylaws of eight lower Cape Cod towns and recommendations (see the white paper in Adobe PDF format). Isotrope Wireless’ David Maxson chaired the Medfield, Massachusetts Wireless Bylaw Committee and drafted its bylaw.
  3. Expert Technical Testimony and Case Consultation. Federal cases: Omnipoint v. Town of Lincoln, Massachusetts AT&T v. Town of Concord, Massachusetts, Metro Mobile vs. Town of Great Barrington, Massachusetts, SBA v. Town of Kingston, NH, Tower Ventures v. City of Westfield, AT&T v. City of West Springfield, AT&T v. Town of Milton. Other cases: In Massachusetts, Massey and Company v. Liddell Brothers. Connecticut Siting Council in the matter of Bell Atlantic Mobile and the Town of Marlborough, CT, also Dwyer & Company and the Town of Southbury, CT
  4. Regional Planning. Prepared wireless facility analysis report for Lower Cape Cod Wireless Working Group. LCWWG consists of the Cape Cod National Seashore, eight lower cape towns, and the Cape Cod Commission. The State of Wireless Facilities on Lower Cape Cod ( Requires Adobe Acrobat to view) contains a review and recommendations on the projected impact of continued wireless development on the lower Cape.
  5. Wireless Facility Application Review. We’ve assisted over 60 towns & communities all over New England.
    Including:
    in Massachusetts… Acton, Ashland, Auburn, Ayer, Belmont, Billerica, Brookfield, Canton, Barnstable, Bourne, Brewster, Cape Cod National Seashore, Chatham, Dennis, Eastham, Harwich, Mashpee, Marstons Mills, Orleans, Provincetown, Truro, Wellfleet, Charlemont, Concord, Cummington, Dartmouth, Dighton, Edgartown, Fitchburg, Georgetown, Gloucester, Great Barrington, Grafton, Groton, Hamilton, Leyden, Lincoln, Medfield, Medford, Middlefield, Milton, Montgomery, Newbury, Oakham , Princeton, Rowley, Scituate, Sharon, Somerville, Stockbridge, Stow, Templeton, Wales, Wendell, West Newbury, West Springfield, Westfield, Wilbraham, Worthington.
    in Connecticut… Southbury, Marlborough.
    in New Hampshire… Hudson, Kingston, Hillsborough, Belmont, Conway.
    in Maine… North Berwick.
    in Rhode Island… Little Compton, Glocester, Burrillville.
  6. Wireless Facility Safety Analysis. David Maxson was appointed to a state ad hoc committee of three experts who assisted the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in revising and consolidating its radio frequency energy safety regulations in 1997. Isotrope Wireless has evaluated RF safety programs at numerous communications sites, including: Prudential Tower, One Financial Center building, Needham-Newton TV towers, Lynnfield Water District, Carney Hospital, Falmouth Hospital, Faulkner Hospital, Emerson Hospital, Archdiocese of Boston property in Holbrook, Zion Hill in Woburn, Mount Tom in Holyoke.
  7. Wireless Communications Seminars. We have presented “user-friendly” overviews of wireless facility technology and siting issues. Recent presentations include American Planning Association regional conference, Oct 2000, Town of Hamilton public seminar Aug, 2000, Lower Cape Wireless Working Group and Lower Cape Selectmen, 2000. Massachusetts Planning Directors Association, January 2001.