AT&T Long Lines Oak Hill Tower, San Jose, CA 2021.

This unusual Brutalist tower was part of the former AT&T terrestrial microwave network that once carried the bulk of US long distance telephone traffic. The (long since disconnected) horn antennas are too big and heavy to remove.

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AT&T Long Lines Oak Hill Tower

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@mattblaze A lot of Baltic and Eastern European countries build their new gsm telco infrastructure in a similar way around 2000. It were easier and cheaper than fibre. I met their people at countless Nokia trainings courses. For some reason those courses were always in the middle of the Finish winter but I guess that’s why vodka and saunas were invented.

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Who wants to waste a Finnish summer in a Nokia training course?