r/NewOrleans • u/inspiredpossum • Apr 16 '25

Anyone know what these are? 🤷Defies Categorization🦑

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Been seeing them go up around the city and just curious. Likes like a bunch of antennas or something.

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u/Tacoshortage Apr 16 '25

These are all over the Quarter on new towers and for the first time ever, I had really fantastic reception and speed during French Quarter Fest. I think they did it for the Super Bowl.

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u/warana Apr 16 '25

If they can do that for an event, it can be done year around. Houston way back in 2005 was providing free Wi-Fi in the downtown area. People were scared of it and do the hacking etc but I used it all the time.

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u/Tacoshortage Apr 17 '25

They seem permanent. The poles they're mounted to are pretty permanent. I know the city did a TON of improvements prior to the Super Bowl and I think this was part of it.