Four-G cell coverage will be coming to the area, possibly by this summer, according to Town of Webb Supervisor Ted Riehle and Councilman Mike Ross, who discussed the topic at Tuesday’s Town of Webb Board meeting.

Ross described recent discussions with AT&T, National Grid, the APA, and General Dynamics, a subsidiary of AT&T, to modify the existing cell tower located atop McCauley Mountain.

“I got a hold of AT&T and they want to upgrade the system,” Councilman Ross said. “It is going to be a lot better—and yes, it will be 4G, from what they told me.”

The statement was given in response to an inquiry by Lori Zellweger, an Old Forge resident and interested cell user.

However, there are still some things that need to be done first. Continue reading →