Answer all of the following questions about your property:

Property Address, City, State, County, and ZIP Code

Lot # (that can be crossed referenced with the county deeds office)

Deeded Property Owner: Name, Address (of each owner if co-owned), and Phone Number(s)

Zoning Type: Residential or Business

Property Marked for Specific Purpose: Any zoning or agricultural laws currently in effect?

Size of proposed site (X by Y, with a square footage estimate).

Proximity to an airport? Are there any airports in the vicinity or is the site on a large hill or mountain?

You will need a GPS (Global Positioning System) reading for the following values:

Latitude

Longitude

AMSL - Average height above sea level

AGL - Average height above ground level (what is the average tree canopy height, the GPS will not show you this, you need to estimate it from your personal observations).

Property Features:

How far from Utilities (electricity & phone, underground or above ground)?

Does a access to a road or path exist for the site so construction and maintenance vehicles can get to it?

Is there access to site 24/7 or is it gated/locked?

How are from any major state or interstate roads is this site?

What is the average population of the geographic region where this site will be located?

Current Wireless Coverage:

Does your proposed site currently have any service from any of the regionally licensed wireless phone providers?
Please provide empirical proof of service in this vicinity. This means, please try to obtain a wireless phone for each of the area's providers and bring the phones to the site, and record the readings from each phone (e.g. there is service, there is no service/signal, there is signal but calls cannot be completed, etc.).

Once you have all of that information, save it on paper and make copies so you can send it to the wireless companies and/or the tower companies.

CONTACTING THEM BY PHONE:

Do yourself a favor and get familiar with the language that these companies speak. If you contact them by phone, make sure to ask for the technical engineering department, and speak the language. Your chances will be much greater that someone will listen to you than if you called them without preparing yourself. Remember, you are a salesperson, and you need to 1) understand your product thoroughly, 2) believe in your product, and 3) sell your product to people who may already have dozens of alternate leads that you potentially have yet another solution for. If they don't listen to you, don't get discouraged, write them a letter instead.

CONTACTING BY LETTER:

Send them the information in writing. Chances are will will find it's way to the right department and people, but do not expect any return phone call or letter. You may want to send it Return Receipt so 1) it looks "official" when they get it, and 2) you have a piece of mind that someone did get it.

Where to send the letter? You want to target the local regional office first. If they don't have one, then use their corporate address as a last resort.

I DO NOT HAVE ANY OF THEIR ADDRESSES, SO DO NOT ASK ME. YOUR ON YOUR OWN WITH THAT.

I do have one link for a Verizon Wireless online resource, and that can be found here.

STEPS FOR CONTACTING A WIRELESS PROVIDER

1. Get a list of all the wireless providers that are licensed to operate in your state / county. Make sure to get their names, corporate and local addresses, and phone numbers (use their customer support as a starting point if you need to).
2. Try to get familiar with each of the wireless providers' coverage in your area.
3. If you find a coverage "hole" that covers your property, then compose a letter to that company, addressing the engineering / technical / RF coverage information department.

STEPS FOR CONTACTING A COMMUNICATIONS TOWER COMPANY

1. Send a letter to each of the top largest US Communication Tower companies, some of their names and URL's follow. Note that it is YOUR responsibility to find out who or what department within each company to contact:

   SBA Communications - http://www.sbasite.com
   American Tower Incorporated - http://www.AmericanTower.com
   Pinnacle Towers - http://www.pinnacletowers.com/
   Telecom Site Source - http://www.telecomsitesource.com
   SpecraSite - http://www.spectrasite.com/
   AAT Communications Corporation - Nationwide Site Provider - http://www.aatcommunications.com/
   

2. Send the letter certified if you want to ensure someone at the company received it.

3. Do NOT expect a reply to your letter. These companies receive letters like this all the time and they cannot respond to each one individually. If you do receive one, place it in safekeeping, especially if it has important and useful information.