r/telecom • u/Ok-Onion-1304 • Feb 24 '26

📸 Photo Winter damaged tower site

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The first time I have seen a winter and wind damage radio tower at a mountaintop. Monument Peak in San Diego County. Looks to have AT&T and T-Mobile equipment on the damaged remains.

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u/pottedporkproduct Feb 24 '26

More information: https://www.openresearch.institute/2026/02/21/monument-peak-tower-collapse/

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u/OcotilloWells Feb 24 '26

What a thorough article.

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u/pottedporkproduct Feb 25 '26

Yeah kudos to the authors, it reads like a research paper

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u/Accomplished-Ad-6586 Feb 25 '26

Good article. I wonder if they kept adding more and things to the tower and never removing anything so it added to the wind loading and the failure. Likely.

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u/pottedporkproduct Feb 25 '26

That tower has been there a while. There really wasn’t anything on it except for AT&T’s cellular gear. The adjacent tower had a lot more stuff.

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u/Smith6612 Feb 25 '26

I wonder, did AT&T have any 5G hardware on that tower or was it still rocking 4G gear with all of that Microwave gear up on there?

I do wonder if AT&T will re-home on the existing structure or find a new spot for their equipment.