Posted: Thursday, 09 October 2008 3:39PM
Verizon Activates "Dark Zone" Cell Tower
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Verizon Wireless has activated the first of a dozen planned cell phone towers along the Adirondack Northway to fill a nearly 50-mile service gap along a remote stretch of the highway that connects Albany and Montreal.
Verizon says the North Hudson site will provide coverage along approximately six miles of Interstate-87 near Exit 29. It has three other cell sites in Lewis, Schroon Falls and Warrensburg under construction, saying they should start operating this year.
A Brooklyn man crashed and froze to death in January 2007 along the highway in the so-called ``dark zone'' in North Hudson, unable to call for help. |
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