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Discarded AT&T Microwave Bunkers For Sale

Posted by chrisd on from the good-place-for-a-party dept.

InitZero writes "American Tower is selling nearly 2000 old AT&T Long Line microwave locations that are no longer needed thanks to fiber. These towers -- spaced about 50 miles in every direction -- and their associated bunkers were designed to withstand World War III. The average location (find one near you) has two acres of land, 1,800 square feet worth of bunker and a tower of 200 feet. Some locations still have their hardware (60KW generator, microwave feedlines, equipment racks, feed horns, etc.) All this for an average price of just $25,000. If you're a ham radio operator, building a data center or just looking for a place to put your wireless access point, these locations look awesome."

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  1. microwaves kick ass by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    In many parts of the US, it gets very cold in the winter. The cold is even worse if you're working on a tower - they tend to be in high, exposed places due to their nature. This means more wind, lower temperatures, etc. Legend has it that tower crew would sometimes crawl into the microwave horns for a few seconds/minutes to warm up (for the same reasons you use a microwave to heat your dinner). That was all well and good, until one day a tech fell asleep in the warm, cozy horn.

    oops.

  2. Sadly... by descentr · · Score: 5, Funny

    It appears these bunkers will NOT protect you from the fury of Slashdot.

  3. take that, SIGINT sattelites! by cygnus · · Score: 3, Funny

    AT LAST! a location for my echelon spoofing site. ;)

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  4. Re:Slashdotted? by Anonvmous+Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "No replies yet, and it's slashdotted already?!?"

    Wouldn't most people read the article before replying? ::eyeroll::

    Okay, getting back on topic, is it possible to aim these things? I have a noisy neighbor that I'd like to ...uh.. provide free heating to.

  5. Made for parties by fiori · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just fill the microwave horn with popcorn and fire-up that 60kW generator.

  6. Re:This brings back fond memories. by sconeu · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm just glad my fiends didn't climb the tower

    I'm sure Satan is too... He hates to lose fiends in electrical storms!

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  7. Yeah right .. reminds me of.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    a story my teacher told me back in school about a tech at the Tokamak Fusion Chamber in Princeton, nj.. guy went in, someone (oops) turned it on, ridiculously strong magnetic field (used to drive fusion process of hydrogen and isolate fusioned material from metal walls) took all this guy's hemoglobin right out through his pores. stupid liar

  8. Re: EMP Hardening by dillon_rinker · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see the alien's posting now...

    +4 Hrarfug

    Kruig chxofp lnyuvtezna en BEOWULF CLUSTER boj plorndles? %&)

  9. Re:World War III? by kasparov · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nope. WWIV was around during the '80s. I dialed up to several BBSs that ran it.

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  10. Re:No kidding... I remember these well. by muffel · · Score: 5, Funny
    You could wipe out everything above ground in the US, and still get a dial tone.
    Yeah, if everything above ground in the US was wiped out, it would really suck to not get a dialtone.
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  11. Fiber huh? by msheppard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe some of that fiber should be run to whatever machine is hosting the website.

    M@

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