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Wireless Carriers Prep for Big Day in DC as Ignoration Approaches
Hat tip, a listserv for scanner enthusiasts in the DC area that I am on. I took a picture of the AT&T tower outside the National Gallery of Art a few days before Christmas.
Carriers Prep for Big Day in DC as Trump Inauguration Approaches
4 days 40 min ago by Diana Goovaerts
The nation’s four wireless carriers are breaking out the big guns ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, pushing out new improvements and temporary upgrades to handle what will likely be the most data-heavy presidential installation in history.
Verizon on Wednesday revealed the details of its network overhaul in the Washington DC area, claiming to have boosted capacity in the area by 500 percent. The carrier said the bump comes courtesy of its use of three-channel carrier aggregation as well as new tools like Remote Electrical Tilt (RET) antennas and Matsing Balls.
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A little perspective
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Verizon shared that for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, only 10 percent of the U.S. population used a smartphone. According to AT&T, that number had grown to 35 percent of adults by his second inauguration in 2013 and has more than doubled to over 72 percent in 2016. Between the 2009 and 2013 Obama inaugurations, AT&T noted data usage increased by more than 16 times, though the crowd for the latter was smaller than the original.
Additionally, AT&T pointed out that back in 2012 the iPhone 5 was the hottest device on the market and picture sharing app Snapchat had not yet come into its own. And of course, live streaming video wasn’t a thing back then either. So the carriers are quite sensibly preparing for another exponential jump in data traffic this year.
4 days 40 min ago by Diana Goovaerts
The nation’s four wireless carriers are breaking out the big guns ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration later this month, pushing out new improvements and temporary upgrades to handle what will likely be the most data-heavy presidential installation in history.
Verizon on Wednesday revealed the details of its network overhaul in the Washington DC area, claiming to have boosted capacity in the area by 500 percent. The carrier said the bump comes courtesy of its use of three-channel carrier aggregation as well as new tools like Remote Electrical Tilt (RET) antennas and Matsing Balls.
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A little perspective
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Verizon shared that for President Barack Obama’s first inauguration in 2009, only 10 percent of the U.S. population used a smartphone. According to AT&T, that number had grown to 35 percent of adults by his second inauguration in 2013 and has more than doubled to over 72 percent in 2016. Between the 2009 and 2013 Obama inaugurations, AT&T noted data usage increased by more than 16 times, though the crowd for the latter was smaller than the original.
Additionally, AT&T pointed out that back in 2012 the iPhone 5 was the hottest device on the market and picture sharing app Snapchat had not yet come into its own. And of course, live streaming video wasn’t a thing back then either. So the carriers are quite sensibly preparing for another exponential jump in data traffic this year.
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