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Old 09-17-2018, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by SouthOfTheBorder View Post
Sorry that is not supported by facts.... One of the latest cell tower under construction is near Bonita Blvd and Buena Vista Blvd. It is my understanding it will be shared by the 4 major servicers, as are most of the newer towers. This info was provided to me by an AT&T rep.

Cell phone tower signal good for 5 miles on average.

AT&T sure needs a stronger signal south of LSL.

Don
I was told a couple of months ago that such a shared tower was already in place that would support service in the Fenney area - for multiple carriers, and that it just hadn't been given the green light to be activated. There's no doubt the Verizon service down here is greatly improved, so I assume it's related to that tower. But I'm surprised it isn't doing anything for customers of other providers. I know Verizon and AT&T, at least at one time, used different types of networks (CDMA and GSM), but I'm not sure there is anything about that that would prevent them from being serviced by the same tower.