azonenberg,
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

Time for another fun puzzle!

  1. Where am I?
  2. What building is pictured at the center of the frame?
  3. What are all of the antennas for?

CW guesses or solutions to avoid spoilers, as usual.

de,
@de@noc.social avatar

@azonenberg Corning Tower observation Deck

18+ azonenberg,
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

@de Yep, got it.

18+ spacewizard,
@spacewizard@mas.to avatar

@azonenberg Verizon building, Albany, NY - I assume the antennas are for Verizon to do cellular things with?

google image search on the clocktower took me straight to the answer.

18+ pa,
@pa@hachyderm.io avatar

@spacewizard @azonenberg yup... antannas are microwave point-to-point, and judging by the diameter, quite a high bandwidth. Seems to be a couple smaller parabolic antenna but probably just smaller purpose, like low level of satcom or watching tv. ;)

18+ azonenberg,
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

@pa @spacewizard Yep they're probably direct hops to cell towers or datacenters or something in the area. I don't know the details of their network design but they're clearly related.

18+ emeb,
@emeb@society.oftrolls.com avatar

@azonenberg @pa @spacewizard
Those sure look like the same microwave horns that were used in the old telephone long-lines network. Looking at the Google Maps satellite view it seems the antennas are gone now, which would track given that most of the long-lines stuff has been dismantled. Suggests this photo was taken a while ago.

18+ azonenberg,
@azonenberg@ioc.exchange avatar

@emeb @pa @spacewizard Good catch!

I wasn't asking for a date but that's a nice find. Pic is from November 2007 so almost 17 years ago.

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