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When I worked for Cingular Wireless pre-AT&T, we had everything from femtocells (the last 2 stalls in the bathroom don't have service) to full cell sites with t
by kjs3 3y ago
When I worked for Cingular Wireless pre-AT&T, we had everything from femtocells (the last 2 stalls in the bathroom don't have service) to full cell sites with their own power source on 18 wheelers they'd roll up for big events, and a dedicated team of engineers and techs to support it. It was a huge help, but at the end of the day bandwidth is still finite no matter how many cells you stick in and around the stadium.
- calebio 3y agoI'm curious, what did the uplink look like for those 18 wheelers?
- kjs3 3y agoBack in those days, a mixed bag depending on what was available at the venue and dependent on what the responsible LEC could provision (hence the need for some specialist engineers to be involved). Stadiums in particular are usually quite well equipped from a telco perspective. Could be anything from N x T-1s or DS-3s to fiber ATM to more esoteric stuff like SMDS and point-to-point microwave. Once IP became the de facto transport I'm guessing there was more stuff like MetroE and frame relay, and these days I imagine they just plug in some multiGbps fiber and ride IP back to the mothership.