Yellowstone cell tower approved

2gypsies wrote:

Don't you ever wonder how folks enjoyed their vacations without electronics?

I do wonder!

The DW has to...just has to have her notebook along.
Even if there is no wifi.
We bring DVDs along and watch movies.
1 movie per nite is more than enough for me.
Wouldn't drop to my knees and cry if there was no television.

I've packed my tablet and notebook and frigging phone.
Never touched them the whole time.
Don't even bother now.

I'm a web junkie at the house.
In the trailer I couldn't care less.

even in this day and age one forgets how many lives and acrea of property can be saved just by having cell service in some remote areas.

sad but gone are the days of being able to hook up your phone to a external anntena wit this little add on item your coverage area was ten to twenty times as big as now.
it is a scam on the public to get more money out if them. for less service.

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gemsworld wrote:
If it wasn't for the "electronic leash" many RVers, specially full timers and some snowbirds, would not be able to enjoy the RV lifestyle.

Totally untrue. When we began full-timing 17 years ago we had no cell phone and no computer and that lasted for years until we were pressured into it by having everything online and taking away my phone booth. :)

I spent more time doing things outside than I do now sitting at this blankety blank computer. I admit it and I'm not proud of it. One thing we have avoided though is a T.V. Never watch one....

Don't you ever wonder how folks enjoyed their vacations without electronics?

Oh sure sure!

Next thing you know the National Park Service will be selling Big Gulps and Slurpees at Mesa Verde!

Calm down folks, it isn't a "business venture" or anything of the sort. No flashing lights and generators running.

Why not visit Yellowstone (I doubt many of you folks have even been there) and see what a marvelous job the Park Service will do in integrating cell service into a place such as Yellowstone.

I'll probably be shouted down by the Luddites in a few minutes, but I had to say my piece.

WoodGlue

down home wrote:
An acre of gravel and fence and a huge galvanized steel tower with flashing lights at the top and generator at the bottom is what everyone wants, at their local fishing spot, or campground, or national park of course.
If you want a phone at your campground, Jackson Hole or others have plenty and lots of lights and so on to suit. then there is Pigeon Forge,the Panama City Beach of the Appalachians. Lots of lights and traffic, and noise and so on.

Really?!!!!
Yet another poster that doesn't really know what they are talking about.

Our National Parks, our national treasures, being converted into businesses is ultimately what many want and many are getting their way, in places.
A national treasure like Yellowstone should be preserved in all its fashion. We got along fine before cell phones.
An acre of gravel and fence and a huge galvanized steel tower with flashing lights at the top and generator at the bottom is what everyone wants, at their local fishing spot, or campground, or national park of course.
If you want a phone at your campground, Jackson Hole or others have plenty and lots of lights and so on to suit. then there is Pigeon Forge,the Panama City Beach of the Appalachians. Lots of lights and traffic, and noise and so on.

There is at least one cell tower in AZ that is so well camouflaged that the camp host had to point it out to me when I asked if there was cell phone coverage available.VZN did a good job of making it look like a saguaro cactus.
I like the idea of having cell phone coverage available.If I want to be "off the leash" I can turn my phone off.(Like,that's going to happen!)

In Yellowstone, a cell tower at each major campground/visitor center will not detract from the overall experience. This will allow those who need to stay in touch with the outside world a chance to do so.

Francesca Knowles wrote:

I didn't know they were keeping score. On top of that, making comments about my family is way out of line.

I didn't think, from your comments, that you had ever been to Yellowstone. Referring to a microwave repeater tower in reference to a cell tower is just sticking your foot in your mouth. Next time you want to criticize someone or something, wait until you actually know what you are talking about.

Keith

WyoTraveler wrote:
I'm not surprised. The NPS has been on a quest to destroy all the Natl Parks. Golf course in Death Valley after they took over. Death Valley was awesome before it became a Natl Park. Huge hotels and cities within the parks. It is sad. Only time we go to Yellowstone anymore is for a short cut over the mountains to Idaho.

Furnace Creek Golf Course opened in 1930, Death Valley became a National Park in 1994. Something doesn't work out right with your comment.
All of the hotels that are there now were there before it became a National Park, just where do you get your "information".