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CELLULAR INCREASES PERSONAL SAFETY <br /> Cellular phones provide for communication in remote places, enhancing the safety of travelers by <br /> allowing immediate access to emergency assistance. Ameritech has instituted an affordable "Safe and <br /> Sound" program targeted at travelers who only carry cellular phones for emergencies. <br /> PRODUCTIVITY IS INCREASED THROUGH CELLULAR <br /> Cellular phones support the busy lives of many people within the community, reducing stress and <br /> increasing productivity. Farmers and small business people are active cellular users. <br /> FUTURE TECHNOLOGY <br /> The current trend is toward a "seamless" system of cellular coverage coast to coast. Experts predict the <br /> continued growth of wireless communications, including data transmission, fixed cellular applications for <br /> both residential and commercial, automatic tracking, fleet monitoring, etc. <br /> GROWTH OF CELLULAR <br /> Over 700 cellular communications networks have been established nationwide, a dramatic increase over <br /> the 32 systems in place only six years ago. The number of cellular networks have increased to provide <br /> service to over 11 million current users. "Cellular" is one of the fastest growing industries in America, <br /> providing tax revenues and creating jobs. The authors of a recently published book on cellular design <br /> and engineering aptly summarized the current state of cellular technology as follows: <br /> The public expectation is now boundless, and the pressure to create the "personal <br /> communications" environment in which every adult carries a universal personal terminal <br /> to meet the bulk of his or her communications needs is already being felt in the <br /> international telecommunications planning community. Progress is certain to be rapid <br /> and sustained, with technologies currently discarded as too ambitious being regularly re- <br /> appraised and developed. <br /> CELLULAR IS LOCAL <br /> The majority of the existing cell sites in the Madison System are designed to cover a small geographic <br /> area, frequently a two to four mile radius from the cell site. The proposed cell site is designed to provide <br /> coverage to the immediate area. Residents in and around the Town of Blooming Grove will be the direct <br /> beneficiaries of improved cellular service. <br /> -2- <br /> amci.mad\woo\cel lu lar.ben <br />