Sam Tetherow wrote:
Sam Tetherow wrote:
Hmm, I'll take that bet. People that make these types of claims
obviously haven't been in areas where you can go for more than 40
miles with no cell service, on a major highway, not to mention
getting off the beaten path to individuals homes. Some times it
really is more economical to string copper than put up towers.
Sam Tetherow
Sandhills Wireless
Naw. It is almost never cheaper to string copper than to put up towers.
It is just that existing copper is cheaper than any alternative.
In the panhandle of Oklahoma my grandfather ran five miles of copper on
poles ten feet off the ground to get to his home. That copper was in
place till 1960 when the ILEC's decided they could make a profit by
replacing it.
That economy is still in play.
-m-
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