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AT&T
Presentation to Reading Select Board
Temporary Facility to Maintain Critical Wireless Services
Auburn Street Water Tank
March 15, 2021
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MA3293 –Reading Water Tank Temp Relocation to
Maintain Critical Wireless Coverage
•On average, 250K unique customer devices use this site per month.
•Average number of voice calls per month is 446K.
•217 E911 Calls placed 11/1/20 –3/8/21
•Average Volume of Data carried on the site per month is 15.7 Terabytes. To put this in context, data usage
per month is equivalent to approximately:
o 6,283 to 22,440 hours of movies (depending on resolution) or
o 14,544 one-hour Zoom calls
•Site serves 1.3Mi to 2.3Mi Radius
o Downtown –Town Hall, Fire Dept, Police Dept, Library, Train Station, etc.
o At least 9 Schools:
1.Coolidge Middle School
2.JW Killam Elementary School
3.Reading Memorial High School
4.Austin Prep School
5.Reading Montessori School
6.Parker Middle School
7.Joshua Eaton School
8.Walton School
9.Pearl St School
o Multiple Homes and Businesses (especially Medical facilities) –see Coverage Maps
o The YMCA
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AT&T Current Coverage with Water Tank Facility RSRP (dBm) > = -93 Strongest Coverage (higher speeds)
RSRP (dBm) > = -103 Strong Coverage
RSRP (dBm) > = -113 Marginal Coverage
RSRP (dBm) > -113 Limited to No Coverage
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AT&T Current Coverage with-out Water Tank Facility RSRP (dBm) > = -93 Strongest Coverage (higher speeds)
RSRP (dBm) > = -103 Strong Coverage
RSRP (dBm) > = -113 Marginal Coverage
RSRP (dBm) > -113 Limited to No Coverage
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POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR TEMPORARY COVERAGE SOLUTION
BASED ON TOWN’S SITE PLAN
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ALTERNATIVE TEMP SOLUTION
BALLAST POLE 140’
Benefits:
•Quickly deployed and removed in days
•Minimal disruption to property in
sensitive area
•Only 25’ x 25’ area required
•Platform is 20’ x 20’
•Nothing permanent
•All costs paid by wireless carriers
•Provides replacement coverage
•Smaller footprint than guyed wired
temporary towers or cell on wheels
•Equipment Cabinet placed on slab
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EXAMPLE OF CURRENT INSTALLATION
UMASS BOSTON –AT&T TEMP BALLAST POLE
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POTENTIAL LOCATION FOR TEMPORARY COVERAGE SOLUTION
Reading Water Tank Town Parcel 027.0-0000-0362.0
Proposed Temp Tower in
Area Proposed by Town
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SUMMARY AND REQUESTS
•License Agreement for a Temp 140’ Ballast Tower
•RFP for Permanent Installation on Replacement Water Tank
•Avoids Significant Loss in Coverage
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To: Town of Reading Select Board
For: Presentation to Maintain a Critical Wireless Communications
Facility and Wireless Coverage
Site:Auburn Street Water Tank
Town of Reading
March 16, 2021
T-Mobile Confidential
T-Mobile
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Site Data Information
T-Mobile and Sprint Data Information
•Average monthly number of calls:
•196,378 = T-Mobile
•171,718 = Sprint
•368,096 = total
•Number of 911 calls in the last 365 days:
•312 = T-Mobile
•TBD = Sprint
•____= total
•Average monthly volume of data through the site:
•12 terabytes = T-Mobile
•9.82 terabytes = Sprint
•21.82 terabytes = total
The Reading Areas Affected:
o The site covers an area greater than 2
kilometers, and covers the following:
o The Reading Downtown area.
o Town Hall, Fire and Police Departments,
Library, and Train Station,
o Numerous Schools and areas were
children and families congregate,
o Multiple Homes and Businesses, and
o Major thoroughfares in Reading
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T-Mobile Coverage WITH the Site
4 T-Mobile
T-Mobile Coverage WITHOUT the Site
5 T-Mobile
Proposed Temporary Solution
T-Mobile to
Collocate on a
proposed
Ballast Style
Tower
installed by
AT&T. (Design
by AT&T)
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Proposed Temporary Solution, Cont.
T-Mobile to Collocate on
a proposed 140’ Ballast
Style Tower installed by
AT&T. (Photos by AT&T)
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o T-Mobile requests the Select Board to continue to allow T-Mobile to
operate at the site through a license agreement, so that T-Mobile can
continue to provide critical wireless coverage in this area, by allowing for
the collocation of T-Mobile’s equipment on AT&T’s proposed 140’
temporary ballast tower.
o T-Mobile requests the Town to issue a Request for Proposal for the
permanent installation of T-Mobile’s equipment on the New Water Tank.
T-Mobile
Conclusion