Rep. Mike Gallagher and Brendan Carr, an FCC commissioner, climb to the top of a T-Mobile tower in Howard to create broadband expansion awareness, August 24, 2023. PC: Fox 11 Online
HOWARD, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — On Thursday morning, Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI) joined FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr in climbing a T-Mobile tower in Howard in an effort to raise awareness on broadband expansion and good paying jobs.
Gallagher says the climb was a little terrifying and makes you appreciate all tower climbers do much more.
“If you think about it when internet or whatever would go down, usually bad weather, right? They have to climb these things in crazy weather and we climbed up, they said we climbed up naked, whereas they’re carrying like 30 pounds of gear with them and they’re saying something like he has to break ice to be able to hold on to the peg, so we got the training wheels version of this whole thing,” he said.
During the climb, Commissioner Carr and Rep. Gallagher met with representatives from T-Mobile about the company’s operation in Wisconsin and discussed broadband issues in Northeast Wisconsin.
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