AT&T
places one of their Cells on Wheels in the St. Louis area because of a fair and
the influx of people that would be in the area. This tower looks similar to the
ones that will be constructed in Cape Girardeau. The City Council still has to
take votes on the second and third reading of the proposal for the permit for
the tower so AT&T is bringing in temporary communication towers to boost
cell coverage.
"We typically don't deploy the COWs for the reasons we
need them in Cape," said AT&T Missouri regional director Marsha
Haskell. "But it's growing so much and there are so many customers
constantly accessing the network that we felt we needed to bring them in to
provide better service." (Source: Southeast Missourian)
AT&T still has to wait for the council to approve the
special-use permits for the COWs before they can be set up in Cape Girardeau.
“The [temporary] structure behind city hall will be removed after the permanent
structure on William Street is complete, likely sometime in January, Haskell
said,” Samantha Rinehart of the Southeast Missourian reported.
These
temporary structures are part of AT&T’s efforts to build up its network in
Southeast Missouri. The network has spent approximately $3.5 million on the
Cape Girardeau and Jackson area since about 2009.
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