Honestly a church that committed to ‘love thy neighbor’ by turning themselves into a comms hub would be pretty cool. Our Lady of the Everlasting Signal.
i often think about how much of a fucking shame it is that i hate the concept of organized religion, because if i could stomach it there’s so much potential in joining the church and getting/helping them do great things for the local community.
Churches could be shining beacons of simply doing good things because good things are good, but unfortunately the most they usually do is let people use the toilets and donate some food.
Our Lady of the Snooping on Your DNS Traffic.
It must be blessed 5G instead of the sinful 5G
the statue of Jesus the King (of free internet)
Thought that was a Burger King crown painted gold at first glance.
Now I’m imagining Jesus and the apostles pulling through a Burger King drive through with the apostles piled into the bed.
That church is making some bank, I hope they pay their taxes
Some communities weren’t large enough to get isps to come out and lay infrastructure. Being that the church was typically at the centre, these churches found a community project in setting up these mini wisps. The ones I heard of were selling more or less at cost, to locals only. I presume they are still like that, but don’t know for sure.
WIPS programs are great, I worked related to tower installations and supported these programs. I also know the shit ton of money people make for letting someone install an antenna on your property, great business…. I hope they pay their taxes.
Thanks for that, I needed a good laugh
Manifesting the omnissiah into existance
Most useful church
This would looks pretty cool if it hadn’t bled into the white bit. That boundary encroachment makes it look like electronic barnacles growing
Looks cooler like this, imo, looks like Combine tech! Also a very poignant representation, tech as an infection. Very Cyberpunk!
Our Lady of Perpetual Bandwidth
How appropriate! I like it and I will be borrowing it. Thanks, OP.
Finally a good use for those old buildings!
Oh shit Deus Ex; I only read half the link and thought it was going to be a 40K thing
Church towers are built so high that their prayers can reach God up in the heavens, but in this case it’s just WIFI signals
Church towers being used for cell sites are extremely common. Usually they’re designed to blend on a bit more though.
A lot cheaper than building a separate tower, and the church usually gets a reliable lease payment for providing the space.
A long time ago, when I was a church goer, I remember the pastor mentioning that some cell network had approached them and asked if they had any plans to build a steeple because they’d pay to put antennas on it.
when I visited family out in the countryside I saw a few church cell towers. It just makes a lot of sense
All hail Motherboard!
A lil’ cyberpunk never harmed anyone.
5G-sus
