Cactus cell phone tower

These “trees” are normal cellphone towers , which are then sent to companies like Larson or Stealth Concealment for plastic, fiberglass, or acrylic “bark,” “branches,” and “needles” to be added. This process is customized and expensive: it can add $100,000 or so to the baseline $150,000 cost of a tower.19 Nis 2015

The single-pole cell tower is often called a monopole, so naturally, the first cell tower Larson disguised as a pine tree was called Mono-Pine . This was soon followed by Mono-Palms and Mono-Elms—they even made ones that look like saguaro cacti.12 Eki 2020

5G uses millimeter waves that have limited ability to penetrate obstacles , such as buildings, trees and even inclement weather like rain or snow. … The leafier the tree, the more the waves lose their strength, according to NIST Wireless Networks Division Chief Nada Golmie.