Net neutrality!* *Except if someone drives through a power pole.
On Tue, Feb 18, 2020 at 11:11 AM Darin Steffl <[email protected]> wrote: > Matt, > > You're correct that if most of these small cells goes offline during a > power outage, the remaining macro cells would not be able to handle the > load well. > > Data would be nearly useless and phone/texts may be sporadic. > > I believe that when this happens, they should proactively block or limit > video and file download/upload traffic as much as possible to make sure > communications like calls and texts can go through with the highest success > rate possible. Netflix and YouTube should never hinder more important > communications in my opinion. Maybe it's as simple as putting a rate limit > for each cellphone connected to these now overloaded sectors so no one can > hog the cell capacity. > > It would be pretty sweet though if small cells all had a linked power > source following the same fiber paths that all hook back into a large > battery backup or generator somewhere. Maybe 30-40 small cells can have > backup power from one macro cell generator. I'm not sure if they're > installed that way or not but it would ideal. Otherwise, you're losing 10 > to 100x of the capacity of a cell network during power outages if the small > cells go down. > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2020, 9:46 AM Matt Erculiani <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It will be interesting to see how this plays out as reliance on these >> small cells for capacity grows. I'd imagine demand for cellular bandwidth >> goes up during a power outage and not down. >> >> Is it reasonable to think that there could be a situation where cell >> capacity is not available during a time of need because these sites will >> simply go down and significantly reduce coverage/quality in dense >> metropolitan areas? >> >> -Matt >> >> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 19:15 Shane Ronan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> This is a small cell. They are very common across all of the carriers. >>> >>> It is NOT intended to provide primary coverage for the area. >>> >>> It IS intended to provide additional capacity to the immediate area. >>> >>> Think of the large cell towers as providing blanket coverage, while >>> small cells provide hot spots of increased capacity. >>> >>> Most small cells have no battery backup or generator at all, as it's not >>> feasible given the real estate available. >>> >>> On Sun, Feb 16, 2020, 5:58 PM Chris Boyd <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Since people on here like to talk about the generatorn run time on cell >>>> towers, I thought y’all might like to see an ATT microcell in downtown >>>> Austin, TX. No apparent generator or battery on it. >>>> >>>> https://imgur.com/a/RY9Tg7h >>>> >>>> —Chris >>> >>>
