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| | | Re: Old phone tower? Colorado springs < Reply # 14 on 8/20/2018 11:23 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Wow, doesn't even look like they've tried to capitalize the tower by having some cellphone antennas on it. Contrary to what someone else wrote, a lot of times the old microwave antennas are simply abandoned in-place (in telco vernacular, RIP -- "Retired In Place') because it's an expensive hassle to remove them, and if the tower is bare, then locals can start talking about it being an eyesore, etc. & put pressure on the owner to remove the tower. The building looks like it was built back in the 1940s or 1950s, when telco gear like switches were electromechanical & took-up a lot of space. There's probably a lot of unused space inside today. Why don't you do some checking & find out who actually owns & operates the building today, then check with your local newspaper to see if they'd be interested in a freelance, local-interest story about the building. Then contact the owner/operator of the building & see if they'd be willing to help you out with a public interest story. Especially if they know you've got the support of local press, they may forgo the normal "We're critical-infrastructure, and cannot have publicity due to security reasons!" quasi-bullshit & cooperate with you, as-long as you can demonstrate to them that you're NOT what unfortunately you seem to be -- a young guy that doesn't care about the history of the place, just wants a cheap-thrill & boasting-rights to climb the old microwave tower. If they pull the "We're high security, go-away!" crap with you, you can bluff & say "I'm doing the story anyway, but now a prominent aspect of the news story will be your failure to be a good local business-neighbor & cooperate, perhaps because you have a secret NSA or FBI presences used to eavesdrop on our communications." That may convince them it's in their best interests to cooperate.
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