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Why cell towers have a range limit

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Distance limits on mobile networks are hardcoded into the architecture. A mobile tower fundamentally refuses to communicate with a handset past a specific radius due to internal timing restrictions. Even if you stood on a perfectly flat mountain with an immense antenna, the tower would aggressively drop the signal because the response simply took too long to arrive.

Why cell towers have a range limit
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