[Scan-DC] New Cellphone Tower on the Mall

[Blair Thompson]

The towers made the Washington Post.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/inauguration/cell-towers-added-on-mall-to-deal-with-extra-data-from-smartphones-tablets/2013/01/04/d24b8a70-5689-11e2-a613-ec8d394535c6_story.html

For Obama inauguration, cell towers added on Mall to handle wireless gadgets

By Michael E. Ruane, Jan 05, 2013 03:57 AM EST

The Washington Post President Obama’s second inauguration may bring smaller crowds to the Mall than his first, but officials worry that potent new wireless gadgets will clog the airwaves above the festivities just as before.

Wireless traffic congestion was a big problem four years ago, when 1.8 million people packed the Mall for the inauguration and called the folks back home with what are now antiquated cellphones.

Less than half that many people are expected this time, but they will be armed with much more powerful smartphones and tablets, some of which require more than 120 times the bandwidth of a basic cellphone.

So phone companies are setting up an extensive network of temporary towers and other equipment the length of the Mall to handle the explosion in wireless traffic.
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