Small quiet and green village of 248 souls, nestled between Kédange-sur-Canner and Monneren, near Thionville, Klang is growing impatient. He is impatient to leave the white zone of which he has been a prisoner for ages, to finally be able to see a few bars on his cell phones, to communicate in all serenity without having to raise his arm after finding a promontory. Because, like some other villages in Moselle, Klang does not receive 4G, and even less 5G. “In fact, we do not capture anything at all, protests André Pierrat, elected mayor since 2008. To make a phone call on his cell phone or validate an online payment, you have to take your car and go to Kédange. We walk on the head ! “
We walk on the head indeed, because since last October, Klang has a beautiful and brand new … relay antenna! A piece 54 m high for 13 tonnes, solidly erected at the exit of the town, near the cemetery. André Pierrat then believed the game had been won and the TDF project (TéléDiffusion de France) piloted by Moselle Fiber finally realized. But no…
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A clotheshorse or a watchtower
Since installation, nothing has changed. The pylon is in place, but it is still not connected. “So we have a relay antenna that is not used for the moment, insists the mayor. For a year, it has been impossible to get any information from Moselle Fiber. I recently learned from a subcontractor that the antenna could be hooked up by the end of this year. I do not believe it anymore. I am no longer credible in the eyes of my constituents ”. “We must quickly get out of this white zone,” continues city councilor Gilles Chevalier. We can’t take it anymore. This poses enormous problems for us ”. For example, a red telephone had to be installed in the socio-cultural room in order to be able to call for help. The only line is directly connected to Center 15. “It’s prehistory,” adds an assistant, a volunteer firefighter in Kédange. When I receive an alert on my beep, I cannot even consult an SMS to locate the intervention and its nature ”.
André Pierrat and the members of his council are ironic about the situation, even if it no longer makes them laugh frankly. They have no shortage of ideas for using the relay antenna: transforming it into a clotheshorse or a watchtower for hunters … All are however happy to have obtained the TV / Internet fiber which allows them to live, in part. , in a connected 21st century.
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