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Re:Why are antennas popping up all over the foothills? SLC s... by Retric on Friday January 06, 2023 @05:08AM (#34272988)
That’s not really useful if you want to make use of the other 90+% of land in the area such as by having people fly over it in paragliders and possibly make an emergency landings.
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Re:Why are antennas popping up all over the foothills? SLC s... by UncleEntity on Friday January 06, 2023 @09:20AM (#34274809)
Sure, but the argument was cartels building a shadow cell network because the existing one was too iffy for them.

And these seem to be right outside SLC proper.

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Re:Why are antennas popping up all over the foothills? SLC s... by Retric on Friday January 06, 2023 @10:36AM (#34275835)
That was one idea tossed out, but there isn’t a cellphone network coverage in most areas covered by this network.

Suggesting it’s useful in places that overlapped ignores the utility in areas where it would be the only option. I doubt drug dealers are meeting up in the desert outside of cellphone range with their suppliers, but it isn’t a crazy idea.

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