9 responses to “Local cell phone coverage inadequate, maybe unsafe”

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   Charliegirl

   July 30, 2023

   Never had an issue with cell service. One thing to consider, was this letter written to try and get approval for the cell tower that they want to put up at the entrance of Kedron Village?? This is a totally inappropriate place for a tower. Just sayin…

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      Spyglass

      July 31, 2023

      The one at the Church on the south part of the Parkway, looks like a big tree…there are ways to disguise them for sure.

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         Charliegirl

         August 6, 2023

         This tower will be in the same lot as a daycare, Oxford Trails. It will face the entrance to a neighborhood. No one knows what the radiation from a tower so close to children could do to them down the road. We are talking children playing within 300 ft of this thing. A tower does not belong in this location, period….

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   2. 

      Busy Bee

      July 31, 2023

      The letter writer identifies himself as a 13 year old kid. My guess is that he wrote this letter as one of requirements to earn the Communication Merit Badge for the Boy Scouts, or similar. Both of my sons were Eagle Scouts and wrote letters to the Citizen as one of the requirements Personally I think it is a very well written letter that expresses a valid concern that he and many others have. He has laid out the problem, given examples, and hypothesized the reason for the problem, leaving the reader to draw a conclusion.
      He should be commended for his efforts.

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   Spyglass

   July 23, 2023

   AT&T works fine for me…guess the area.

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3. 

   brewster

   July 23, 2023

   We had the same issue. Just started being terrible all of a sudden. After several weeks of talking with the carrier, they sent us a Network Extender box for free and the problem has been fixed. Good Luck

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   vics1966

   July 23, 2023

   Been here 33 years cell service has always been pretty bad in PTC…Wi-Fi at how helps.

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   JPL87

   July 22, 2023

   A very well written letter Colt! I commend you for reaching out to the local news source and bringing attention to a real issue that deserves our conversation. I live off McDuff in west PTC and myself service is very much a lacking! During my time in the military, I had opportunity to live in many parts of this country and sadly, PTC has been the worst about cell phone service.

   I do recall some years ago there was a push to get a cell phone tower in PTC, but there was much opposition. The last I remember of it was that it was to be dressed up like a local tree?? Not sure what came of it. Maybe someone can fill in the gaps for us on that.

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6. 

   annoyedvet101

   July 21, 2023

   It’s because of the trees. No joke. Cell signal – even 5G – still does not penetrate walls or trees good enough to not cut signal strength. It’s not a density problem, I get better service is huge metro areas. I have a tower in front of my neighborhood, less than a quarter mile away and still only get 2 bars.

   Cell carriers assume you will use Wi-Fi for calling at home, sadly. Bigger or more towers could help a little, but if it’s not a clear line of sight from the tower to your location, problems will persist. You could spend for a cell booster, but unless you spend big bucks, even that has mixed results.

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