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by mdasen 1952 days ago
Looking at my area, OpenCellID seems to have a lot more data than CellMapper.net (which people often point to). It definitely has way more data points than there are actual towers.

A lot of them are 310-260s so maybe a lot of people have T-Mobile CellSpots hooked up to their WiFi and that's what is getting detected? If you know more, I'd love to know.
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rripken 1952 days ago
OpenCellID shows an LTE point in an agricultural field near me. There definitely isn't a cell tower there in the traditional sense of cell tower. There is an Emergency Call Box located there so maybe that is what is getting picked up?
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