Labeled cutaway illustration of a South Rim overlook showing a small-cell antenna panel mounted on a light pole and a tall telecommunications tower behind it, connected by a buried fiber optic line following the road

Grand Canyon's fiber and cell plan: approved in 2020, still mostly paper

NPS approved a framework for new towers, small-cell nodes, and fiber cable in 2020. Five years later, evidence any of it got built is thin.

September 23, 2026 · 8 min · 1589 words · Justin