How many simultaneous connections can each COW handle? What kind of backhaul connections do they have?
-Mike On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Jack Carrozzo <j...@crepinc.com> wrote: > I can't comment on revenue-generation, though access as a whole was quite > high. > > We hardly had any voice IAs (Ineffective Attempts, or 'Busy' > messages). Since data can be queued, the only thing that would cause > data IAs are bad RF conditions - we had a TON of 'cell on wheels' in > the area for the event so we had enough carrier space to cover it. > > In-network data response times were hardly affected, with switch loads > well below 50%. In-network SMS were still getting to their > destinations in under 5 seconds for the most part.... I don't have any > numbers on MMS or mobile IP data at the moment, though I would have > heard if something horrible had happened. > > I'm told that the out-of-network SMS queue was piling pretty high at > one point, to delivery times up to an hour, though they all still got > there. We can't control other network's switches obviously. > > This isn't trying to sound like an advertisement - *I'm* not affected > either way if people sign up with us as I'm not in sales, however from > my point of view it looks like we had the most solid network... Our > guys were planning and setting things up since June. > > Cheers, > > -Jack Carrozzo > > On Wed, Jan 21, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Peter Beckman <beck...@angryox.com> > wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Jan 2009, Jack Carrozzo wrote: > > > >> Cell networks held up reasonably well for voice, though SMS and MMS > >> delivery times approached an hour during the event. Switch load in > >> almost the entire US was higher than midnight on New Years (which is > >> generally the highest load of the year). > >> > >> Our network has been preparing since June, and I assume likewise for > >> others. > > > > Unfortunately for me Sprint did not seem to prepare or have enough > > capacity for Voice, SMS or Data access. No live Twitter blogging! > > > > While I was able to get a few (maybe 5 between 10am and 2pm) text > messages > > out while standing near the Washington Monument, calls and data were an > > impossibility, and SMS only seemed to have capacity available during > lulls > > in the Inaugural activity. > > > > It was disappointing as a customer -- I'm sure that, had the capacity > been > > there, the revenue from that single event would have made a significant > > impact on any of the carrier's revenue, at least for the month. > > > >> -Jack Carrozzo > >> (Engineer at $large cell company whose policy doesn't allow me to > specify) > > > > (Google spills the beans!) I'm curious if you can find out -- did the > > record traffic positively affect revenue for that period compared to > last > > year at the same time, or even last week on the same day? > > > > And from a more technical standpoint, did your $large cell company put > up > > temporary towers? I'm curious as to how your company added capacity to > > handle the event, as well as how many "Network Busy" messages customers > > got, if any. I know I got more of those messages than I did successful > > communications. > > > > Beckman > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Peter Beckman Internet > Guy > > beck...@angryox.com > http://www.angryox.com/ > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >
