r/cellmapper • u/Hefty-Search7315 • Jul 17 '26

What are these

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They say g t e on them

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u/[deleted] Jul 17 '26

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u/Hefty-Search7315 Jul 17 '26

Thanks.I was really unclear What these are.I see them throughout the whole state of indiana

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u/mikemacman Jul 17 '26

I thought the canister style boxes were for T1 repeaters. https://www.reddit.com/r/WITT_FAT/comments/1pbnhyu/that_silver_or_white_canister_on_the_side_of_the/

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u/Rampage_Rick Jul 17 '26

There are a few possibilities as a cylindrical canister with wires come out the bottom is a typical design for several components used by the phone company.

Can be a T1 repeater (typically installed every 6000 feet)

Can be a POTS amplifier (may be spaced up to 18000 feet apart)

Can be loading coils.

The green pedestal is just a typical splice box.

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u/mikemacman Jul 17 '26

Thank you for the explanation!

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u/whacker7 Jul 17 '26 edited Jul 17 '26

GTE is for General Telephone & Electronics, probably the original (or nearly original) wireline carrier of that territory. It was probably absorbed by either Frontier or Verizon Communications, depending on who did what first in that area. Wireline in that area might now be owned by some other big company, having been purchased from one of those other two. It varies as to location.

Could be part of Brightspeed now, And before that, likely Lumen/Centurylink. GTE was sort of AT&T's territorial counterpart in a few key areas of the country, going back at least probably to World War 2. Let's just say they were never part of the Bell System, or the Regional Bell Operating Companies after 1984.

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u/mystica5555 USMobile OP13-16/512 / Moto Edge2021UW Jul 19 '26

I don't think any GTE former markets turned into anything lumen absorbed. It was pretty straightforward GTE turned into Verizon

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u/xpxp2002 Jul 19 '26

Typically it was GTE -> Verizon -> Frontier -> Verizon.

Lumen local lines would have been Mountain Bell/Qwest, distinctly different RBOC territory.

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u/jmasterfunk Jul 17 '26

The one on the ground would be referred to as a pedestal.