According to the Washington Post, to help cover the McCain's ranch near Sedona Arizona, Cindy McCain and her staff got some help from wireless carriers.
First McCain offered free land for a tower from Verizon. Verizon started the very expensive process of public scrutiny, environmental concerns, and hired a contractor. It abandoned.the process and gave them a free mobile "tower on wheels" in June.
In July AT&T installed a similar portable configuration for AT&T wireless calls.
The article states, "Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and his campaign have close ties to Verizon and AT&T. "
Barack Obama's attorney criticized John McCain for
accepting the free cell phone towers reported James V. Grimaldi at the Post.
"This is John McCain's display of his maverick ethics: He believes
he is entitled to free cell service while other Americans have to pay
for theirs," said Bob Bauer, general counsel of the Democratic
presidential candidate's campaign and chairman of the political law
practice at Perkins Coie LLP.
COMMENT from Wireless and Mobile News
Why didn't the campaign just install a few extra landlines?