Well, the news story has an interview that states there are three approved sites for towners and none of the carriers have seemed to be interested...so perhaps it gets blamed on big business profits not the NIMBY's...this time.
I guess the question comes, is a cell phone company a "common carrier" like other utilites? It would seem they are out of that loop, allowed to place towers/make coverage where they want. In what seems like a ridiculous scenario, Radio Shack used to cell Sprint cell phones in this area when there wasn't any service! There is coverage now, but I go into roaming in my own home, when I am not even moving :?