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by fsagx 1943 days ago
Cell site visualization tool featured on HN front page a few days ago shows thousands of 2g and 3g sites in NYC

https://alpercinar.com/open-cell-id/

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I wonder how this data is collected and how long it takes for a tower to not be be seen before it drops off the map.

Carriers may be keeping a small (relative) amount of capacity up and running, but in the meantime prevent new activations (ATT does this with there 3G network for example), so "coverage" is a bit misleading in many cases.