[FedCom] USSS radio interop failures at Trump rally in Butler, PA

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On 8/5/2024 10:50, baycomm--- via FedCom wrote:
> "Spotty cellular service"?  There were two cell towers right on the farm 
> from which the shooter was.  Don't know which cell services were on 
> those tower as I didn't see the antennas, but this is just more federal 
> gov't BS.

Having installed, and serviced cellular, and other sites in the late 
90's, and still following the industry to an extent...

A typical cell site back then (~1997) was a flat rate of $10,000,000, 
from first notion, to up and running.

With service providers popping up every few days like porn sites on the 
web, almost NOBODY is dropping 10 Mill on a whim so a couple of people 
can play telephone, and you don't see tens of thousands of old towers 
laying around for all the companies that failed.

Service, access, and time, is leased, for speculated customers, and only 
then, if the profit is HUGE compared to the bother to buy time on an 
antenna.  There may be tons of service on one tower, and almost nothing 
a quarter mile down the road.

There could be 1,000 sites at that farm, and NO service available to 
anyone, if their carrier didn't buy time, and someone happened to buy a 
phone that works with it.

This is why there are so many carriers, so many services, and so many 
people complaining about coverage.  Really?  From fixed sites, with 
equal coverage to everyone?  Trust me, it's your service provider, 
assuming your phone isn't crap.

 From a marketing viewpoint, your phone IS crap, "Get an upgrade!" 
(sucker).  NOBODY upgrades a phone that works, and a phone works, if the 
provider provides service.  The cell site is/was already there.

So, in that respect, without further research, it's more likely than 
not, to have no service at all.

Kurt