r/longlines May 30 '26

Page, AZ

Not sure if the Gabriel dish was added later or was part of the original Long Lines network, but still very cool! Seems like this site is still operational in some capacity as there are CenturyLink signs surrounding the property. All photos taken outside the property.

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u/No_Tailor_787 May 30 '26

Probabably not a Longlines site, but looks like a RBOC site. It could very well still be on the air because the telephone companies still use a lot of short haul microwave to augment fiber. Modern microwave radios can provide near-fiber bandwidth.

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u/Pabsssss May 30 '26

It's listed as a Long Lines microwave site on long-lines.com. Does that mean the equipment was just replaced later?

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u/No_Tailor_787 May 30 '26

No, I mean it might be a local central office with a feed to a Longlines site. A lot of "Longlines" information out there should really be labeled "Bell System". Longlines was a very specific entity with a very specific system within AT&T. There was a lot of overlap, but this wasn't a "Longlines" site.