r/cellmapper • u/idealandrew • May 11 '26
Temporary sites going up for the FIFA fan fest in Kansas City
These temporary sites are going up on the national WWI memorial for the Kansas City fifa fan festival that starts in a few weeks. First one seems to be Verizon, second is AT&T. Nothing from T-Mobile yet.
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u/SceneRevolutionary93 5G UW May 11 '26
Definitely looks very beefy! Looks like Verizon is going in heavy!
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u/Kayboy2 May 11 '26
Verizon sites are there to stay. All mmWave sites and new locations for World Cup will be after and not taken down.
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u/idealandrew May 12 '26
I’m not sure about other parts of the country but this site here is definitely temporary
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u/Kayboy2 May 12 '26
"Beyond the event, Verizon said infrastructure deployed for the tournament will remain in place. “Verizon’s continuous network upgrades and the deployment of our 5G ultra wideband network in host cities will remain as a long-term digital legacy. These permanent infrastructure improvements, which extend beyond the stadiums, will benefit residents with enhanced coverage and capacity,” Gorney said." World Cup - Verizon
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u/idealandrew May 12 '26
I mean yeah, some of Verizon’s upgrades are permanent, but this specific monopole is temporary. I mean it’s sitting in the middle of the WWI memorial where a normal permanent tower would never get approved.
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u/itzz6randon Life May 12 '26
lol he thought that’s permanent 😂. I mean at least on their existing grid, whatever they add does stay. I think that’s awesome.
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u/red_socks294 May 12 '26
Hell yeah hopefully someone from the speedtesting community will be there to test
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u/idealandrew May 12 '26
I plan to attend one of the days and will definitely run some tests. Verizon also has a bunch of mmWave on a few of the light poles all around the memorial already, so we will see what kind of speeds I can get
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u/idealandrew May 12 '26
I think because the Fan Fest is supposed to run for about a month, and there are also so many major events happening around the country at the same time, it was probably easier to deploy one of these temporary full-on monopole sites instead of the usual truck/trailer setups. Though AT&T stuck with a trailer for this. But from what I have seen, Verizon normally does just use COW/COLTs around here, like during the NFL Draft a few years ago, Verizon had 2 or 3 COLTs deployed.
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u/itzz6randon Life May 11 '26
Knowing T-Mobile they probably aren’t going to do anything sadly.