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Thomas Farely

Tom has produced privateline.com since 1995. He is now a freelance technology writer who contributes regularly to the site.

His knowledge of telecommunications has served, most notably, the American Heritage Invention and Technology Magazine and The History Channel.
His interview on Alexander Graham Bell will air on the History Channel the end of 2006.

Ken Schmidt

Ken is a licensed attorney who has worked in the tower industry for seven years. He has managed the development of broadcast towers nationwide and developed and built cell towers.

He has been quoted in newspapers and magazines on issues regarding cell towers and has spoke at industry and non-industry conferences on cell tower related issues.

He is recognized as an expert on cell tower leases and due diligence processes for tower acquisitions.

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May 08, 2004

Posted by Tom Farley & Mark van der Hoek at 12:24 AM

He died for telephony

It's hard to concentrate on my writing when I run across stuff like this. This is an AT&T ad circa 1976. Let's see, let's sell our new phone by using a dead cheetah. Nothing sells like a model lolling on top of an endangered species. Yeah, that will work. Poor guy, he died for telephony.

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