Re: ATT Microcell in Austin, TX

[Shane Ronan <shane () ronan-online com>]

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 <cboyd () gizmopartners com> 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