Even with a COW, I'm not sure all the providers together have anywhere near enough spectrum to service 75,000 geographically coincident calls :)
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 3:33 PM, Deepak Jain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps I'm wrong, but I thought its fairly typical for large events such > as these (with lots of communications assets being deployed, not unlike a > Superbowl, etc) for Cell companies to roll in COWs (Cell-on-wheels) type > deployments to support additional capacity. > > Am I living in a fantasy land? > > Deepak > > > John Lee wrote: > >> Unless they have installed a DAS system for cell signal transport or a >> number of micro or nano cells in the building they will have congestion. But >> what is a political convention without a little congestion. >> >> John (ISDN) Lee >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: Dorn Hetzel [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2008 12:50 PM >> To: NANOG list >> Subject: speaking of slightly OT but perhaps still operational content >> >> I noticed where the democrats plan to ask a stadium full of people to all >> use their cellphones at the same time (on Thursday, I believe) >> >> Any thoughts on how useable cell service will or wont be in the vicinity >> of >> this event? :) >> >> -Dorn >> >> >> >>
