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In response to "For Canada, which has a population of 30 million, maybe. For the US, which has ten times that, not so much -- nm" by Roger More

Cell towers generally don't care if they are servicing Manhatten or Billings, Montana. The tower still needs to be there to offer service.

Posted by TWuG Aug 11 '09, 08:15

Hell, more people might make it more expensive, if cell towers have an upper limit to capacity.

Not only does Billings need a tower, NYC needs 20 times more than it's geography would dictate thanks to the dense population.

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Looking at the OECD data, I'm not sure that area, population size or density explain it -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 08:18 1
- (and unfortunately, nothing in the report indicates the reason for price differentiation - it just presents data) -- nm - Roger More Aug 11, 08:24

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Cell towers generally don't care if they are servicing Manhatten or Billings, Montana. The tower still needs to be there to offer service.

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