Hi all,
I was hoping to get some advice from the community from those in the know regarding legalities of cellphone towers and their installation with proximity to people etc.
I live in Pretoria and the rental company that owns the block of flats where I live has decided to go ahead and install some sort of Vodacom cellphone booster / tower above my flat. (I don't know the specifics as no effort has been made to communicate with residents about the construction.)
My flat is on the 5th floor and they are literally installing the equipment on my "roof". I have read various reports about the harmful effects of cellphone radiation, although there seems to be no official consensus on findings. Some people claim cellphone signals are terrible for our health, and others seem to think there is no danger due to the size of the waves.
I still however don't feel comfortable living in such proximity to these sorts of high power antennae, regardless of their direction or strength.
Could anyone please shed some light on the legal requirements of such an installation?
As I mentioned before, the rental company made no effort to inform the residents of their plans for the installation. I also work from home so I have had a week of drilling and banging and general construction sounds to deal with right about my home office. Needless to say I'm not impressed!
I do understand as a tenant here I don't have any real say on what they do with their property, but I would like to make sure that everything has been approved by the relevant institutions that govern this sort of thing, and that everything has been handled in an above board kind of way. Would the licensing have to come from ICASA?
Any ideas, advice or views would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Brett
I was hoping to get some advice from the community from those in the know regarding legalities of cellphone towers and their installation with proximity to people etc.
I live in Pretoria and the rental company that owns the block of flats where I live has decided to go ahead and install some sort of Vodacom cellphone booster / tower above my flat. (I don't know the specifics as no effort has been made to communicate with residents about the construction.)
My flat is on the 5th floor and they are literally installing the equipment on my "roof". I have read various reports about the harmful effects of cellphone radiation, although there seems to be no official consensus on findings. Some people claim cellphone signals are terrible for our health, and others seem to think there is no danger due to the size of the waves.
I still however don't feel comfortable living in such proximity to these sorts of high power antennae, regardless of their direction or strength.
Could anyone please shed some light on the legal requirements of such an installation?
As I mentioned before, the rental company made no effort to inform the residents of their plans for the installation. I also work from home so I have had a week of drilling and banging and general construction sounds to deal with right about my home office. Needless to say I'm not impressed!
I do understand as a tenant here I don't have any real say on what they do with their property, but I would like to make sure that everything has been approved by the relevant institutions that govern this sort of thing, and that everything has been handled in an above board kind of way. Would the licensing have to come from ICASA?
Any ideas, advice or views would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
Regards
Brett