23Mbps down, 44 up: A tech insider's view from the Super Bowl Even during the power outage, Wi-Fi stayed strong-but a landline saved the day.
by Jon Brodkin Feb 6 2013 Ars Technica When the lights went off at the Super Bowl during the big game's infamous power outage, not everything went offline. The stadium-wide Wi-Fi network kept working-or at least it did in some areas and for part of the outage. But it was a very old-school technology-a landline phone-that saved the day for Andrew Stern, a broadcast engineer for a San Francisco radio station. After coming home from New Orleans, Stern gave me a rundown on how the Super Bowl's technology held up. Was the Wi-Fi network as good as promised? Answer: yes. Did the 35-minute power outage cause problems? Answer: yes-but Stern and team found a way to manage. ... http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/02/23mbps-down-44-up-a-tech-insiders-view-from-the-super-bowl/ _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews_etskywarn.net
