Report claims cell towers in Bundy ranch area shut down

Report said cell towers in area of Bundy ranch are downExaminer – by Joe Newby

On Friday, Static Media Hub posted a tweet that said cell towers in the Bundy ranch area were shut down. According to the message, only radio communications were possible.

“Alert: On the ground reports ~ cell towers shut down, comms thru radio only,” the tweet said.  

Earlier in the day, a Facebook page supporting the Bundy family said some people were having difficulty using theircell phones. The tweet asked supporters to bring satellite phones if possible.

“Folks, there is a possibility the cell towers have been shut down. People are having trouble calling out, and I cannot get a hold of my people on the ground. I will update as soon as I know more,” the tweet said.

“If you are headed to #BundyRanch and can get satalite (sic) phones, they are very much needed,” the page said later.

We performed a search of cell towers in the region and discovered 4 towers and 45 antenna locations in the area of Bunkerville, Nev. Drilling deeper, we discovered who owns and operates the towers and attempted to contact the owners.

Unfortunately, we were not able to contact the listed owners of three towers. We were, however, able to contact Rio Virgin Telephone Company in Mesquite, Nevada.

Harold Oster, area manager for Reliance Connect in Mesquite, told Examiner that as far as he knows, everything is working.

“I don’t have any alarms on the links,” he said. “And telephone systems are up.”

Oster also said he has several employees who live in the Bunkerville area, and none of them have reported any problems. He said that cell reception may be spotty in some areas, but otherwise, everything appears to be working.

Infowar’s Paul Joseph Watson, however, said in a tweet that according to the family, cell towers in the area are down.

“Bundy family reports cell towers near ranch have been shut down, preventing communication & video uploads,” he tweeted.

An article posted at Before it’s News said in an update that phones in the area are working again, “like magic.” The article said it is unknown if the outage was intentional or not.

The article went on to say that if the report had turned out to be true, it could signal further, and perhaps, deadly, action by government agents. Without any means of communication, the article added, the government could take any action against the Bundys while controlling what information gets out.

We reached out to the Bundy family for confirmation but have not received a response as of this writing, but others have said the family never lost service.

http://www.examiner.com/article/report-claims-cell-towers-bundy-ranch-area-shut-down

9 thoughts on “Report claims cell towers in Bundy ranch area shut down”

  1. Are we really surprised that they would do this? Of course they would cut communications. I’m sure Militia members (with Military experience) thought of this tactic, in advance.
    It will be a Stormy weekend in Nevada.

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  2. they wont shut down the towers they will use jammers which are not ill egal to use used to be able to buy a good one for 40 frns they will use one in a local area large enough to shut off communications for those they are about to attack sop
    United States: Cell phone blocking devices are used by federal officials under certain circumstances.[citation needed] Privacy rights of property owners may affect the policy and application of law within buildings[citation needed]. For radio communications, it is illegal to operate, manufacture, import, or offer for sale, including advertising (Communications Act of 1934).[11] Blocking radio communications in public can carry fines of up to $112,000 and/or imprisonment of up to one year.[12] The Homeland Security Act of 2002 may override the Communications Act of 1934.[13]

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_jammer
    http://www.fcc.gov/encyclopedia/jamming-cell-phones-and-gps-equipment-against-law
    yet they do it all the time handy to have since the enemy now relies on it themselves
    http://www.phonejammer.com/home.php?cat=249
    all it takes in one on the inside working with them to turn one of these on and poof no calls out

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  3. Yesterdays headline of Eric Holder wanting all gun owners to use a special type of wrist band or brace-let in order for you to fire your weapon. In just this type of instance our government would “turn off” your ability to fire your gun. Just like they are jamming the cell towers.

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  4. We’ve had this conversation before, regarding a phone contact list to warn when the bootjacks are coming to take the guns. Of course the military can jam cell phone communications as well as short and long wave radio [regardless of the Communications Act of 1934; issues that are deemed as National Security are above the Law]. The military can also remotely neutralize gas powered generators and, create a hole in the protective ozone layer over just one homestead or an entire State.

    This is why many of us posting here have agreed that ‘initially’ we can resist better as Lone Wolves, than we can with large militias. Even if Bundy managed to muster-up a resistance force of 100,000 fighters, the military has the UN, NATO, foreign troops already stationed in the USA, and all of their military toys at its disposal.

    However, I must digress because we know that eventually would have to make a stand somewhere, and currently, it appears to be Nevada.

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  5. “A communications disruption can mean only one thing: invasion.” – Governor Sio Bibble, Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace

    -flek

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