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Werth Road resident Howard Carpenter shows the one bar of service available on his cell phone. He and his wife, Cathy Hays, keep their landline as a backup because of poor cell phone service in the area.
ALPENA When Presque Isle County 911 Coordinator Renee Szymanski got the email on Jan. 4 saying a new Verizon cell tower had been installed, she couldn’t wait to tell her coworkers.
“I’m like, ‘Oh, my gosh, you guys. This is so exciting. We have a new tower that’s up, ” said Szymanski, reporting, with a sigh of relief, that cell phone coverage is looking up in Northeast Michigan. ....

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