[Scan-DC] Inauguration Requires Boost In Bandwidth

[b_thom at juno.com]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32469-2004Dec28.html

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Several hundred thousand VIPs, protesters, police officers and onlookers
are expected to make cellular calls on Jan. 20 from along the parade
route, convention halls and hotel lobbies in and around the District.
They'll also be sending pictures, messages and e-mail -- all of which
create a heavy volume of wireless traffic that eats up network capacity. 
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For the inaugural events, Nextel will install temporary or permanent
equipment to boost coverage in such buildings as the MCI Center, Union
Station, the Convention Center and a number of big hotels to make sure
that subscribers will be able to complete calls or send their wireless
e-mails, he said. In case it needs emergency backup, Nextel also will
have three trucks with satellite-based temporary cell towers mounted on
them on standby in Dulles, he said. 
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