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Re:Fire shuts down cell towers in CA by tinus_hn on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @09:53AM (#21387150)
That’s if you just ignore licensing requirements for these very crowded frequencies.
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Re:Fire shuts down cell towers in CA by 0b0001 on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @11:10AM (#21388010)
I'm pretty sure firefighters could get such a license in the event of emergency -- or just operate without such a license.

[Edit: or you ask some technician of your local operator to bring the system up :)]

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Re:Fire shuts down cell towers in CA by tinus_hn on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @12:15PM (#21388823)
That same operator that brought down their own equipment for some apparently nefarious reason?
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Re:Fire shuts down cell towers in CA by sixplusone on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:25PM (#21389710)
They could borrow stingrays from the cops. And they would be in operation when the regular towers are down.
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