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minus-squarehalcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoChurch towers being used for cell sites are extremely common. Usually they’re designed to blend on a bit more though. A lot cheaper than building a separate tower, and the church usually gets a reliable lease payment for providing the space.
minus-squarefahfahfahfah@lemmy.billiam.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoA long time ago, when I was a church goer, I remember the pastor mentioning that some cell network had approached them and asked if they had any plans to build a steeple because they’d pay to put antennas on it.
minus-squareGrass@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agowhen I visited family out in the countryside I saw a few church cell towers. It just makes a lot of sense
Church towers being used for cell sites are extremely common. Usually they’re designed to blend on a bit more though.
A lot cheaper than building a separate tower, and the church usually gets a reliable lease payment for providing the space.
A long time ago, when I was a church goer, I remember the pastor mentioning that some cell network had approached them and asked if they had any plans to build a steeple because they’d pay to put antennas on it.
when I visited family out in the countryside I saw a few church cell towers. It just makes a lot of sense