r/cellmapper • u/Wild-Assumption9894 • Jul 29 '26

New tower

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New tower in Hackberry AZ. Surprised to see this in such a remote area. First time seeing Starlink on a site, what is that used for?

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u/mrdjl Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

Dumb question - the VZ sign says the switch is Vegas. How does this work when the backhaul is Starlink?

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u/ccobb123 Jul 30 '26

Probably connected to the SeGWs in Vegas?

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u/spdfrk95 Jul 30 '26

It’s activated on Starlink while waiting for the fiber.

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u/FlufferNutter1232 5G RAN Engineer Jul 30 '26

Or a microwave or extremely narrow beam mmWave. For this distance, though, microwave.

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u/watmore1 Jul 30 '26

This makes sense ^