[Scan-DC] During Papal Visit, Pope-Goers May Experience Cell Phone Disruptions

[Blair Thompson]

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/2015/09/22/during-papal-visit-pope-goers-may-experience-cell-phone-disruptions/

Enter the COW, or Cell On Wheels—a multi-beam antenna apparatus that will expand wireless-network capacity during the papal visit. AT&T is installing three COWs near the pope's major public events: one near the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, where Pope Francis will conduct a canonization mass on Wednesday for Junípero Serra, a Franciscan friar active in California during the 18th century; a second near the White House, where the popemobile will parade on Wednesday; and a third near the U.S. Capitol, where the pope will deliver remarks to a joint session of Congress on Thursday. Those COWs will expand capacity by 1,500, 600, and 1,000 percent, respectively. The first is actually a "super COW," measuring 150 feet tall and costing more than $100,000, according to company engineers, which is necessary to accommodate the 25,000-plus faithful expected at the outdoor canonization mass.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/files/2015/09/Pope-Cow-6.jpg

That's the Department of Labor's Frances Perkins Building in the background.
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