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</head><body><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">For something as big as a convention, it wouldn't surprise me to find that the cell</span><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">companies haad used a "COW", a Cell On Wheels. This is a mobile cell "tower"</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">that actually sits on the ground, in or outside the facility, to provide additional</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">capacity. It might be needed with thousands of people yammering and texting</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: transparent;">at the same time, let alone playing Pokeman go.</span></p><blockquote type="cite">On August 1, 2016 at 12:59 PM Alex Fraser <beatnic@comcast.net> wrote:<br><br> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">I found some details <a class="ox-0ae75d0918-moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.phillymag.com/business/2016/06/28/will-i-have-cell-service-reception-during-the-dnc/">http://www.phillymag.com/business/2016/06/28/will-i-have-cell-service-reception-during-the-dnc/</a><br> Apparently each carrier went its own way. <br> <br> Alex Fraser wrote on 8/1/2016 12:49 PM:</span></span></span><blockquote type="cite"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Without getting into politics! <br> <br> I know some folks who were in the Virginia delegation to the Democratic convention in Philly. I asked as to what communications techniques where used on the floor. I was surprised to hear that it was done almost exclusively with texting. The DNC whips who handed out signs used text. The people I know who are Sanders delegates used text to coordinate within the Virginia delegation as well as receive texts from the Sanders campaign. There was little lag time in the messages.<br> <br> People were using their own phones, so you can assume they used different carriers. Obviously there was a cell access point at the hall, probably a couple. I wonder if the different carriers formed a pool or did each have a separate tower? I'd like to get some stats on how many texts were passed at the event, but have no idea were to look. <br> <br> I have heard no reports of Pokemon on the floor of the convention....<br> </span></span><pre class="ox-0ae75d0918-moz-signature">-- _______________________________________________ Tacos mailing list Tacos@amrad.org https://lists.amrad.org/mailman/listinfo/tacos</pre></blockquote></blockquote></body></html>