Actually what is happening more and more (especially in other countries) is "micro cells"
Verizon for example has these micro cell stations. They don't really advertise them but they sell them. You can buy one And plug it into your cable or other land line and it pumps out cell signal at the max 1/4 watt FCC unlicensed rate which is enough to reach around 3-4 houses away in the city. You will get absolutely guaranteed cell coverage. As will your neighbors. A slightly higher power version of that is probably perched somewhere on one of your neighborhood telephone poles. What the carriers have found is you get too many idiots going on and on about being "radiated to death by that big cell tower" in the city so they are more and more avoiding siting fewer big large high cell towers, instead siting more smaller cell towers. They want you to get evenly baked, LOL. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <plug-boun...@pdxlinux.org> On Behalf Of Keith Lofstrom Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 10:37 PM To: Denis Heidtmann <denis.heidtm...@gmail.com> Cc: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic <p...@lists.pdxlinux.org> Subject: Re: [PLUG] Verizon towers for internet ... 20 miles, really? In the REAL world, Cell service works by dividing a region into patches. As customers become denser, larger patches are carved into many smaller patches with LESS power per transmitter per patch, because (inverse square!) the data beams need not reach as far. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom kei...@keithl.com
