Workers from Comcast and AT&T restored cell service in and around Edgartown after a technical infrastructure issue Monday morning caused service to shut down around 7:00 a.m.
AT&T has submitted a plan to the Edgartown conservation commission to tear down two large silos at Katama Farm and replace them with a single silo that would house a cell tower.
Plans for a permanent wireless cell tower have sparked renewed debate on the small island, which has long struggled to acquire more reliable cell phone service.
A long-awaited project to bring improved cell service to the Katama part of Edgartown moves forward this week, following the completion of a lease with telecommunications company AT&T.
The company will pay the town $28,000 per year for the use of an abandoned silo at Katama Farm.The Edgartown planning board criticized wireless phone companies Tuesday night for claiming space on the North street telephone tower.