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Originally Posted by Dylrob
Building a pole isn't the problem; It's the antennas and other electronics that are expensive to build and maintain. Spamming them all over the place simply wouldn’t be cost effective in rural areas.
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Right. Some of the 5G mini-cells are designed to sit on existing telephone poles. But they still have to be put out there and they need power. I believe that you need something like 4 times the cell towers the cover the same area as 1 tower with LTE. Plus, of course, each cell has to be connected to the switch.