Stealth Infrastructure

It is very common in the US for government entities to build towers (for water storage or to fill a gap in emergency services 2-way radio coverage) and then lease space to carriers to offset the cost and reduce the number of towers in a area. I'd assume economics before spies if I saw a cell sector on a police tower.

<i>Strangely enough, despite all the &#x2F;stuff&#x2F; of cellular infrastructure, on roofs and poles in and around cities, the prevailing idea was that mobile phones communicated via satellite and that all these towers were something to do with TV.</i><p>I was conscious back then, and I don&#x27;t recall this particular misunderstanding. Soon after we wondered &quot;what are those things that are mounted like microwave repeaters but obviously are not microwave repeaters?&quot; someone had figured out they were cell antennas. This was before anyone I knew (except my Uncle Glen) had cell phones.<p>Hmmm, maybe this misunderstanding was a Kiwi thing.

I used to work in one of the taller buildings in a city. At the top of the building, there was a bunch of cell infrastructure. We were installing some radio equipment in the radio room (the same place AT&amp;T and the others had their stuff), and I noticed two identical locked server boxes. They were very heavy-duty compared to the server cabinets I&#x27;m used to. One was marked &quot;FBI&quot; and the other was marked &quot;USMS&#x2F;DEA&quot; (or something like that).<p>I couldn&#x27;t really tell without going through a bunch of ceiling-mounted wires, but I&#x27;m pretty sure these were connected to some of the civilian cell infrastructure. There wasn&#x27;t much else to connect to up there.

I&#x27;ve always been fascinated by this. Apologies if if it is linked somewhere in the article that I missed, but where are the forums where radio enthusiasts share hidden towers they&#x27;ve found?

One of your images is 10 MB, it probably doesn&#x27;t need to be that large while in the middle of an article, maybe a link to the full-size version instead?

Cellular coverage for rural NZ is quite a competitive scene. Did you check your facts on those &quot;Family farms&quot;?

I have in fact noticed an impossibly strong AT&amp;T signal at the rainbow bridge. It extends even on the Canadian side. Makes it near impossible to connect easily back to a Canadian carrier like Rogers or Telus. It always seemed a bit strange to me, why US carriers blanketed a tourist area and Canadian ones hadn&#x27;t.

That was a great read!<p>So, was it a MITM BTS?

You can also find an interview with Julian Oliver here: <a href="http://vvvnt.com/media/julian-oliver" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;vvvnt.com&#x2F;media&#x2F;julian-oliver</a>

Blocked from Russia :&#x2F;.