Re: speaking of slightly OT but perhaps still operational content

["Dorn Hetzel" <dhetzel () gmail com>]

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 <deepak () ai net> 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 [dhetzel () gmail com]
> > 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