Church burns down and leaves SA town without cellphone reception

[Jamie McKane]

Church burns down and leaves SA town without cellphone reception

The Dutch Reformed church in Redelinghuys burned down this morning, leaving the town without cellular reception.

Redelinghuys is a small town in the Bergrivier Local Municipality in the Western Cape province, which is home to around 581 people in 167 households.

 

[Thor]

If it was the Telco's equipment then I suspect this is going to cause quite a few problems with other churches and buildings refusing to house the equipment.

Insurance is one thing, but this is a piece of history that burned down, no money can replace that.

 

[Ninja'd]

That's very Tower of Babel-like, with the locals unable to communicate with others.

 

[LCBXX]

That's very Tower of Babel-like, with the locals unable to communicate with others.

What an epic post.

 

[Willie Trombone]

That's very Tower of Babel-like, with the locals unable to communicate with others.

That's incredible, did they all start speaking different languages?

 

[namzsteve]

Holy ghost fire

 

[Nick333]

Is it just me or is the title slightly accusatory? Like it's the churches fault for burning down. I might need a nap.

 

[Anti-Chris]

Hopefully they build something usefull in its place now.

 

[Swa]

I suspect this is one of the telco's fault. But who will take the blame and rebuild?

 

[Willie Trombone]

Hopefully they build something usefull in its place now.

Yeah, bloody cellphone towers.

Have one!

 

[CTBP]

God works in mysterious ways....

 

[Dan C]

Vodacom was probably trying out 5G.

 

[Fulcrum29]

Say a network provider, their equipment, is the cause I wonder what the insurance will have to say... I have seen these agreements and who may or may not be responsible.

 

[Dave]

If it was the Telco's equipment then I suspect this is going to cause quite a few problems with other churches and buildings refusing to house the equipment.

Insurance is one thing, but this is a piece of history that burned down, no money can replace that.

Doesn’t look like the fire started in the tower (where I would presume the telco equipment to be).

 

[Solarion]

Sad, looks like a historic piece of architecture. As a lover of history this hurts

 

[JustAsk]

One down, many more churches to go.

 

[Dan C]

Sad, looks like a historic piece of architecture. As a lover of history this hurts

I agree. I'm not religious, but those buildings are beautiful.

 

[ponder]

Doesn’t look like the fire started in the tower (where I would presume the telco equipment to be).

I could be wrong but I doubt all the equipment was located in the tower, the antennas yes.

 

[Dave]

I could be wrong but I doubt all the equipment was located in the tower, the antennas yes.

The internal equipment is usually fairly close to the antenna, if an external box is also used it wouldn’t be in the church, having said that, all the church steeple antenna systems I have seen are a compact design with all the equipment situated in the tower/steeple.

 

[ponder]

The internal equipment is usually fairly close to the antenna, if an external box is also used it wouldn’t be in the church, having said that, all the church steeple antenna systems I have seen are a compact design with all the equipment situated in the tower/steeple.

Ok I've never seen a steeple installation, just normal buildings and exchanges.