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AT&T Adds Broadband Cell Site Here

Mobile coverage to be enhanced near high school

AT&T has activated a new mobile broadband cell site that will enhance coverage for residents and businesses near .

AT&T invested more than $200 million in its Ohio wireless and wireline networks in the first half of 2011, according to a news release.

To-date in 2011 in Ohio, AT&T has added more than 50 new cell sites to improve network coverage, upgraded more than 130 existing cell sites to provide faster mobile broadband speeds, and added capacity or an extra layer of frequency --which is like adding lanes to a highway -- to more than 360 cell sites.

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Strongsville City Council in December approved construction of a 160-foot cell phone tower on high school property.

Strongsville school officials agreed to let Clear Wireless, a Nevada-based communication company, install the tower on school grounds in order to reap at least $1,500 a month in rental fees.

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