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WHy does AT&T need more cell towers than Verizon?

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April 15, 2014 3:39:50 PM

Hope you guys can help me.

I live in Madison, GA., a relatively flat area. AT&T wants to put a tower up next to my farm because of low/no coverage. I don't want it next to my property because it will bring the value down and ruin the beautiful view that I have. I have Verizon which has good coverage.

1) Verizon has 3 90 foot towers an average of 8 miles from my location.
2) AT&T has 3 150 foot towers an average of 7 miles from my location.

I am trying to argue to the zoning board that AT&T should be able to provide the same coverage as Verizon without additional towers since AT&T's towers are taller and closer.

After a little research, I found that AT&T uses GSM technology while Verizon uses CDMA. I have found conflicting information about the effective signal distance of each of these technologies.

Any info to help me fight this battle would be of great help.

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April 15, 2014 3:49:03 PM

It could all come down to wanting to provide the customers with better reception in the area. The more users a tower covers, the less area the tower can cover, from what I understand.

You could always ask them to put it on the property, and then collect fees from them. =)
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April 15, 2014 3:54:07 PM

Freakboi_pa said:
It could all come down to wanting to provide the customers with better reception in the area. The more users a tower covers, the less area the tower can cover, from what I understand.

You could always ask them to put it on the property, and then collect fees from them. =)


+1 to that. Make TONS of money from em.
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April 18, 2014 4:36:14 PM

I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that although Verizon does have better coverage, they have bandwidth issues in Georgia.

I am not referring to basic phone calls, but data/internet use. If you look at real world data from actual users, you will see that Verizon randomly gets poor speeds in various areas in Georgia, while ATT consistently gets VERY good speeds in most areas where they have coverage.

Note: This may have absolutely nothing to do with the number of towers. Maybe your suggestion about the different technologies could have something to do with it, but again I don't know.


* BTW, they do make cell phone towers that look like trees. You could always push for them to use one of them.
* And... of course I went looking for the data site to show you the data, and lo and behold the site has changed ... it doesn't seem to be very useful anymore :(  But, I did the research only a few months ago, so it should still be relevant. BTW, side note: Sprint's data is absolutely aweful, as in extremely bad speeds in most areas. T-Mobile has decent speeds in the small areas where they have coverage.
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